Conor McGregor: Penultimate sparring ground with Khabib revealed ahead of UFC 229 showdown
CONOR MCGREGOR will butt heads with Khabib Nurmagomedov one last time before they face-off at the UFC 229 weigh-ins next Friday.
On Saturday week, McGregor will face the undefeated Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229, which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The bout will provide the charismatic Irishman with the opportunity to reclaim the lightweight title he was stripped of in April.
McGregor came face-to-face with his successor at the summit of the 155lbs division earlier this month at a media-only press conference in New York.
Unsurprisingly, ‘The Notorious’ was his usual brash and energetic self, though his well-thought-out digs at Nurmagomedov were missing the response of a crowd.
But he will have a raucous audience responding to his every word on Thursday night when the UFC host their final pre-fight press conference for their tenth pay-per-view event of the year.
The final presser for the biggest card of the year takes place at Las Vegas’ Park Theater and is scheduled to get underway at 10pm BST time.
And if it’s anything like the first media event, there’ll be plenty of fireworks.
Express Sport will be in Las Vegas throughout fight week and will keep you up to date with all the ongoings ahead of the biggest MMA event of the year.
UFC 229 Fight Card
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor (lightweight title fight)
Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis (lightweight bout)
Ovince Saint Preux vs Dominick Reyes (light-heavyweight bout)
Derrick Lewis vs Alexander Volkov (heavyweight bout)
Michelle Waterson vs Felice Herring (women’s strawweight bout)
Prelims
Sean O’Malley vs Jose Alberto Quinonez (men’s bantamweight bout)
Sergio Pettis vs Jussier Formica (men’s flyweight bout)
Scott Holtzman vs Alan Patrick (lightweight bout)
Ryan LaFlare vs Tony Martin (welterweight bout)
Fight Pass Prelims
Lina Lansberg vs Yana Kunitskaya (women’s bantamweight bout)
Gray Maynard vs Nik Lentz (lightweight bout)
Aspen Ladd vs Tonya Evinger (women's bantamweight bout)