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Shut name: McGregor and Khabib ‘come inside SECONDS’ of bumping into every at Combat Island lodge (VIDEO)
What started in a Brooklyn car parking zone, after which in (and out) of a cage in Las Vegas, virtually had a 3rd chapter on Combat Island this week as warring rivals Khabib and Conor McGregor appeared to come back near a lodge assembly.
Days out from his UFC 257 rematch with Dustin Poirier which is able to high the UFC’s newest Combat Island residency on Saturday evening, one can be forgiven for considering that Conor McGregor might nicely have gotten his arms soiled in an Abu Dhabi lodge foyer this week had he arrived for his interval of enforced isolation forward of the struggle card only a minute or so later.
McGregor had been encamped on a non-public yacht since arriving on web site for this weekend’s struggle however laws in place to assist forestall the unfold of Covid-19 imply that the Dubliner is required to maneuver his camp to the official fighter lodge for 2 days of quarantine.
And per footage launched by Dan Hardy’s MMA YouTube channel, Full Reptile, McGregor purportedly prevented operating into Khabib by round 30 seconds or so.
When questioned by followers whether or not the clip was fastidiously edited or the 2 UFC superstars had certainly come near what may have been a extremely tense confrontation, the YouTube channel replied that “he genuinely did miss him by 30 seconds.”
'@TeamKhabib – @TheNotoriousMMA assembly ought to 100% be prevented on #FightIsland'
– @akajav
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Khabib, who might be in attendance at Wednesday’s struggle card to nook his cousin Umar Nurmagomedov forward of his UFC debut, had been the topic of intense hypothesis in current days after UFC boss Dana White trumpeted an impending assertion on the way forward for the reigning light-weight champion.
White had been eager to debate Khabib’s retirement and had hoped to influence the Russian fighter to remain on for one closing struggle in pursuit of an ideal 30-Zero profession report however when the announcement got here, it wasn’t black nor white – however extra a shade of gray.
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‘Present me one thing spectacular’: Dana White says Khabib COULD REVERSE retirement determination… if light-weight rivals impress
Per White, Khabib goes to look at this weekend’s key light-weight fights and should certainly return if he sees the kind of standout efficiency which may tempt him to return to the cage.
However judging by the above video, it appears we’d have come near an unlicensed rematch in entrance of the world’s watching MMA media.
