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Published 14:10 4 Aug 2018 BST
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Another factor that contributed to McGregor's underdog status is time. It's been a minute since we've seen 'the Notorious' inside the Octagon. The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion has not competed in MMA knocking out Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November 2016. Of course, he suffered a TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather since then, but that came inside the boxing ring.
Since McGregor has last fought, we've seen Nurmagomedov rack up two more impressive wins. The undefeated Dagestani finished Michael Johnson via third-round kimura on UFC 205's preliminary card. He then went on to score unanimous decision victories over Edson Barboza and Al Iaquinta. He claimed the 155 lb strap against Iaquinta in UFC 223's main event.
McGregor and Nurmagomedov will finally settle their beef inside the Octagon at UFC 229 in Las Vegas on October 6.
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