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Conor McGregor is deepening his ties with the Trump family.
For the past year, McGregor has pushed to be on the UFC’s historic White House card, even saying that he’s negotiating with the US Government on a fight contract.
“I’m not negotiating with the UFC on behalf of myself for this fight like usual. I’m negotiating with the United States of America on behalf of Ireland for this fight.”
Amid rumors that he’s going to be on the card, McGregor has now received a $23 million from American Ventures, which is described as an “investment vehicle used by the Trump family”, for his MMA Inc company.
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According to recent stock exchange filings, the company just closed a $3 million initial investment led by American Ventures (a Trump family vehicle) and Donald Trump Jr., though—the deal includes a promise of up to $20 million more in share purchases.
It follows on from Trump’s previous role in which he serves as a strategic advisor to the company, working alongside McGregor to scale the business globally. McGregor welcomed the move on social media, calling Trump Jr. his “friend and now business partner.”
UFC CEO Dana White has yet to announce any fights for the White House card and is adamant that he won’t start building it until February.
“If you look at what we’re looking down the barrel of now, we’re about to go on a new network on Paramount,” White said. “We need to deliver a massive, incredible card in January. Then in February, we’ll start looking at building the White House card, which I will right now tell you will be the greatest fight card ever assembled in the history of, at least, definitely this company.”
As of now it seems like there’s a good possibility McGregor is on the card considering his relationship with the Trump family.