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Published 22:22 31 Aug 2018 BST
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"One of the reasons you haven’t seen much in the way of interviews and such is that McGregor has not agreed to do anything. "There are no press conferences scheduled because McGregor at this point hasn’t agreed to them. There is a lot of frustration within the UFC about McGregor’s attitude, but in the end, he’s got the leverage and the ticket sales and secondary market results only give him more leverage."In fairness to the 30-year-old, he has recently upped his mind games with 'The Eagle' on social media and told Mayweather to go f*** himself after the boxing promoter offered him use of his gym facilities in Vegas ahead of his UFC return. That and his no resolved legal issues stemming from the bus attack have generated a bevvy of headlines. https://twitter.com/DamonMartin/status/1035207526621569025 Damon Martin is a well connected MMA writer but Ariel Helwani, who may well trump him for sources, has heard that McGregor and Nurmagomedov will, in fact, face off at a New York press conference in September.
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