Conor McGregor’s return close to being formalized

It was in the pipes for a number of weeks, it’s now nearly official. Conor McGregor will return to the UFC Octagon to face Dustin Poirier. According to MMA Fighting, the 2 fighters have undoubtedly agreed to face one another as soon as once more – the Irishman had overwhelmed the American in lower than a spherical within the feathers in 2014 – on January 23 in the course of the UFC pay-per-view 257. But if Poirier signed the contract, this isn’t but the case with McGregor, which prevents the formalization of their struggle for the second.

“I can’t wait to face the new challenge Dustin is going to offer me”

According to a number of sources, “The Notorious” would certainly attempt to persuade the UFC to advance the shock to December 12 for the UFC 256 occasion, now disadvantaged of its “main event” after the package deal on harm of the Brazilian Amanda Nunes, who had to defend her feather belt there towards Australian Megan Anderson. What to develop Dana white, who was bickering verbally along with his goose that lays golden eggs in current months, to qualify issues. The UFC government boss defined to ESPN on Tuesday that McGregor had not but signed the contract however that the struggle ought to happen on January 23 on Fight Island (Yas Island in Abu Dhabi) “if all is proceeding as planned “. “There are still a lot of ifs. I have to see where the world will be in the next two months,” he added.

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McGregor took to Instagram to verify that every thing was tucked beneath a 2014 picture of him and Poirier: “I’m very happy and grateful that I can make my comeback soon and be able to do what I do again. love it. I can’t wait to face the new challenge that Dustin is going to present to me after our first fight and to be able to show off my incredible and so deep arsenal of weapons. See you very soon guys! ” What had began as a social media problem between the 2 – McGregor, who had once again announced his “retirement” earlier within the 12 months after a victorious comeback against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone final January, had proposed to Poirier a fight in Ireland for charities – will subsequently turn out to be actuality.

What if Khabib comes out of retirement to give him a rematch?

And beating a Poirier who has posted 5 victories in his final six fights (notably over Justin Gaethje, Eddie Alvarez, Max Holloway and Dan Hooker, solely overwhelmed by Khabib Nurmagomedov) would permit the irish superstar to change himself in a short time as a reputable candidate for the light-weight title for the second nonetheless held by the neo-retired Khabib. To the purpose of citing the latter – whose supervisor opened the door to a return with a “30-0” launched on social networks (Khabib is at 29-0 in his profession in MMA) – within the octagon for an explosive revenge? There is little doubt that the UFC, which has not forgotten the positive factors generated and the data damaged throughout their first assembly, already goals of it.