Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 for the lightweight championship on April 18. All accounts are Nurmagomedov will dispatch Ferguson, and anyone betting against that line is probably drinking a bit too much of the El Cucuy’s tequila.
Grab the popcorn, crack the beers, amass the troops, we are in for a doozy of a rematch between the Russian and the Irishman. This will be what many believe is a fight that could rival McGregor’s boxing match against Floyd Mayweather when it comes to dollars, cents, trash talking, Twitter feuds, assault charges and general skulduggery.Digging deeper into White comments during his appearance on The Will Cain Show offers an interesting asterisk and alternative hypothesis – that the fight has been offered and is nowhere near being signed in blood.
“I don’t know what else makes sense but who knows with that kid,” said White, who said McGregor told him waiting until the fall to fight the winner is not his cup of whisky. “The reason everybody loves him so much is who knows who he will say. He’ll say, ‘I want to Watch UFC 249 online fight this guy now’, some other weight class or whatever it might be but – he keeps it fun.”could run into November given Nurmagomedov, who is Muslim, has to factor in Ramadan after his Ferguson tilt. In UFC years, even five months is a long time and a lot can happen between now and when the autumn leaves come out.What this sounds like is competing interests. White said during the post-match press conference for UFC 246 in January, where McGregor assaulted Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at 170 (lightweight), that Nurmagomedov vs McGregor “is the fight you make”. Meanwhile, the man with his ear to the ground when it comes to McGregor
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