Conor McGregor ‘currently in negotiations,’ aiming for UFC return in July

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By: Anton Tabuena | 5 years ago
Conor McGregor ‘currently in negotiations,’ aiming for UFC return in July
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Conor McGregor is currently in the US celebrating St. Patrick’s day, and during a parade in Chicago, the former two-division champion briefly spoke about his next UFC bout.

“Yes, we’re currently in negotiations, we’re aiming for July, we’ll see what happens,” McGregor told ABC 7 in Chicago (HT: MMA Mania). “I am staying ready. This morning I was doing incline sprints on the treadmill on my program, the McGregorFast program, today in a hotel room. So we’re staying on it, getting work in as we go.”

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July is reportedly the same targeted date for the proposed bout against Donald Cerrone. According to Dana White though, that fight is “nowhere close” to happening, and McGregor might get a different opponent.

Cowboy says the hold up is the UFC pushing the bout to be a co-headliner, which doesn’t seem to be sitting well with McGregor.

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Anton Tabuena
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Anton Tabuena is the Managing Editor for Bloody Elbow. He’s been covering MMA and combat sports since 2009, and has also fought in MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing.

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