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Published 08:17 2 Apr 2018 BST
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"As soon as these guys step in the ring and throw a punch, it's on for the title and whoever wins wins the title. We'll see what happens with Conor over the next several months. I know he had expressed an interest in fighting in September."White also explained why McGregor wasn't an option to save UFC 223.
"I don't think Conor could make the weight on six days' notice. That's a tough weight cut for him.Conor isn't exactly the guy that I want to throw in as a late replacement fighter. He's a guy that I want to make a fight with, have the right amount of time to promote the fight, have the fight in the right place. So yeah, no. I'm not interested in asking Conor to take the fight."https://twitter.com/BlessedMMA/status/980582511687290882 Nurmagomedov is 25-0. Holloway is 19-3 but hasn't lost a fight since 2013. They have a combined win streak of 21. It's a shame about the late notice and the weight difference, but this is still one hell of a fight.
Former UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
It’s believed to have been a targeted attack. Former UFC fighter , Suman Mokhtarian, has been shot dead. The ex-MMA fight was shot in a ‘brazen’ and ‘targeted’ daylight attack while taking an early evening walk, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Mokhtarian was shot in the upper body and was unable to be revived by […]
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“I invite you and your whole team and family to Dagestan.” Derry’s Paul Hughes suffered the second MMA defeat of his career in Dubai on Saturday. Usman Nurmagomedov’s Bellator Lightweight World Championship belt was on the line in what was the top-billed fight in the PFL Champions Series 1 event. Hughes was a big underdog […]
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