{"id":7900,"date":"2018-08-01T14:55:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:26:55","slug":"conor-mcgregor-tells-tmz-ufc-return-fight-almost-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/conor-mcgregor-tells-tmz-ufc-return-fight-almost-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor Tells TMZ, UFC Return Fight Almost Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Conor McGregor<\/strong> is a free man as his legal defense managed to cut a deal last month with the Kings County Criminal Court in Brooklyn for his crazy attack at the Barclays Center<\/a>. The UFC had stated that only after McGregor was a free man would they talk about his next fight in the Octagon.<\/p>\n

The MMA community is looking forward to the return of \u2018The Notorious<\/em>\u2019 one who is expected to fight current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/strong> and reclaim the belt that he was stripped off. <\/p>\n

The Barclays attack was against Nurmagomedov and his team which makes this fight very personal to both fighters.<\/p>\n

While there have been rumours of McGregor returning, the Irish superstar confirmed those rumours to TMZ and said that while he would love to fight in New York at the iconic Madison Square Garden at UFC230 which is scheduled for November 3<\/strong>, the date that was being targeted was the UFC229 card which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on October 6th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This news is in line with what UFC President Dana White<\/strong> has told the public that a fight as big as Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov must take place in Las Vegas<\/a>. McGregor told TMZ that while a contract hasn\u2019t been signed yet, they are very close to getting it done. <\/p>\n

TMZSports<\/strong><\/p>\n

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