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Published 22:49 3 Aug 2018 BST
Updated 23:10 3 Aug 2018 BST
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Conor McGregor will fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov on 6 October in Las Vegas at UFC 229.
The announcement was made at the end of the UFC 25th anniversary press conference in Los Angeles on Friday night.
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1025493255704571904Beforehand, McGregor teased the inevitable with a short provocative clip on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1025473280709410823MMA journalist Ariel Helwani teased "the biggest fight in MMA history" on Twitter before the press conference, and it appeared that an anticlimax was on the cards.
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1025493048308854784Dana White initially provided a fake-out by claiming that the deal wasn't done but he expected it would come together soon. 30 minutes later, the truth was revealed.

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