UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has ruled out a potential rematch with Conor McGregor even if The Notorious One defeats Donald Cerrone in January. The pair met in October 2018, with Khabib successfully defending his 155lb belt against McGregor, winning in the fourth round via submission. McGregor will make his return to the octagon in January as he takes on …
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UFC President Dana White has outlined that Conor McGregor has told him he wants to fight Jorge Masvidal following his comeback fight with Donald Cerrone in January. McGregor has not fought in the UFC since his defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov in their lightweight title fight last October but will return in January at UFC 246 in Las Vegas to fight …
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Conor McGregor’s return to the UFC Octagon has been officially announced. Speaking to ESPN, Dana White has said that the MMA organisation are close to agreeing a non-title welterweight bout between the Dubliner and fans favourite Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone. If confirmed, the bout will headline UFC 246 in Las Vegas on January, 18. A match-up between the pair had long …
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Who is going to be the man that welcomes Conor McGregor back to the UFC Octagon? With the Dubliner announcing his comeback date for January 2020, speculation is mounting as to who his, as of yet unnamed, opponent is. UFC veteran Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone seems to be the front-runner but one other lightweight contender is making a lot of noise… …
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Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to assault after appearing in court for the second time in relation to an incident at a Dublin pub earlier this year. The MMA star has since been hit with a €1000 fine after footage of the assault was caught on CCTV. He arrived at Dublin District Court shortly after 10 am. It was his …
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Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone has urged Conor McGregor to ‘sign a deal’ to fight him in what would be The Notorious One’s first bout since his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov last year. McGregor outlined last week that he was planning three fights in 2020 and despite not naming any opponents, Cerrone along with fellow lightweight contender Justin Gaethje are both thought …
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Conor McGregor has said that he will make his return to the UFC on January 18, 2020. The Irish Mixed-Martial Arts fighter made the announcement at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday. He did not reveal the identity of his opponent for the bout due to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor has not been …
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It started with a cult following before descending into global superstardom. Love him or loathe him, it’s hard to ignore him. Conor McGregor transcended a sport that was already growing at warp speed and he did it like no other before him. His crossing into the mainstream of popular culture was so meteoric that it has become hard to identify …
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Kiefer Crosbie turned in a solid performance in front of a sold-out Dublin crowd to beat Hugo Pereira on the scorecards at Bellator Dublin. Backed by the surprise appearance of his long-time friend and training partner Conor McGregor, Kiefer strode to the cage to rapturous applause from the Dublin crowd ahead of his fourth appearance as a Bellator athlete. That’s …
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John Kavanagh has spoken about his desire to see a matchup between his fighter Conor McGregor and the perennial featherweight/lightweight contender, Frankie Edgar. And it’s a fight that has been in discussion in one way or another for the last four or five years. Edgar, whose most recent outing saw him lose to Max Holloway, has been hanging around the …
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Thursday night’s official press conference for UFC 244’s main-event pairing of Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz gave us an interesting insight into a potential change in the UFC’s attitude towards fight-promotion. Let’s be real, the presser was a bit of mess. Sound issues that were no doubt exacerbated by the choice of setting were joined by some excruciatingly bad questions …
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In my eyes, there are three fighters who could well stand in front of Conor McGregor once he makes his return to the UFC octagon either later this year or in the early months of 2020. And it’s a tired topic, don’t get me wrong. But in the wake of UFC 242 and UFC Vancouver’s back-to-back main-events, it’s a subject …
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Dustin Poirier suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main-event in Abu Dhabi last weekend. And it truly was a one-sided fight save for a pair of moments of near-brilliance from The Diamond. Even with that being said, there wasn’t even a second of that fight where Nurmagomedov was in any critical danger. …
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Khabib Nurmagomedov produced a sublime performance in the UFC 242 main-event, submitting Dustin Poirier to defend his lightweight title. Khabib is the type of fighter will inevitably raise the standard for what it takes to be a modern-day MMA athlete at the highest level in the same way that the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Jon Jones did. Those two, …
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The official YouTube account of the UFC has once again come through with an absolute gift, this time uploading the UFC 229 clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. It says a lot about the dominance of the Russian that his performance was still the biggest talking point of the night even with his post-fight attack on the team of …
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Khabib Nurmagomedov has challenged Conor McGregor to recapture his form and momentum before he considers granting him a rematch. Khabib made his intense hatred of the Irishman clear – telling ESPN that he would ‘go to jail’ if it came to it in order to lash out at him, claiming that their beef ‘will never be finished’. Citing fighters like his UFC …
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UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has outlined that his rivalry with Conor McGregor will “never be finished” despite his victory over The Notorious One in October. The pair have been embroiled in one of, if not, the most heated feud in UFC history which does not appear to have ended with the now infamous UFC 229 main event. Khabib soundly …
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Bellator Dublin will take place on September 27 and will feature a host of Ireland’s finest mixed martial artists from top to bottom. Of course, James Gallagher will draw in the bulk of the global attention with his showdown against his fellow prospect Cal Ellenor in the night’s main-event, but littered throughout the card you will find several top Irish …
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