Conor McGregor makes defiant UFC 229 statement as Khabib reveals future plans
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Conor McGregor makes UFC 229 press conference claim
Conor McGregor has claimed his UFC 229 pre-fight press conference with Khabib Nurmagomedov will be open to the public.
McGregor is scheduled to face off with his successor at the summit of the lightweight division at Radio City in New York on Thursday night.
The presser has been listed as media only, but ‘The Notorious’ has insisted fans will be allowed to attend the event.
He tweeted: “The press conference will be open to the public.”
The press conference will be open to the public
Conor McGregor - Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals post-UFC 229 plans
Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov has revealed he’s hoping to fight Tony Ferguson after beating McGregor at UFC 229.
“I hope he going to win,” Nurmagomedov said of Ferguson, who he’s been scheduled to face a staggering four times. “But my opinion, this fight is stylistically little bit bad matchup for Tony Ferguson.
“I don’t know how he feel after he is injured. He is 34 years old.
“He come back after injury. If he wins, it’s going to be big fight next year. One more biggest fight in UFC history. Let’s go.”
Conor McGregor - Tyron Woodley makes fight claim
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has claimed McGregor had the opportunity to fight him but decided not to.
“People can always act like they’ll fight anybody, any time until it’s time to fight me,” Woodley told said during an appearance on Sway’s Universe after his UFC 228 victory over Darren Till. “I can name five or six people ‘I’ll fight anybody, any time’.
“Nate Diaz, Nick Diaz, Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre, Conor McGregor. All had the opportunity, all was given the chance to fight me, none of them accepted.
“They’re scared to lose to somebody that name recognition is going grow after I whoop their ass.
“If Georges St-Pierre is going to lose, he wants to lose to somebody basically, ‘Oh I fought in a different weight class, I’ve been out for X amount of years, I lost to Bisping, it’s not that [big a deal].’
“He comes back to his old weight class and gets worked over by the new school, that’s going to be a problem.”