Conor McGregor could potentially face Nate Diaz at the UFC fight island: Report

Cor McGregor is once again out of a potential opponent as he is yet to declare his upcoming fight after a sensational victory against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. While UFC is expected to resume action on May 9 with UFC 249 Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje, UFC officials have t yet scheduled a match-up for Cor McGregor. Meanwhile, re is speculation that Cor McGregor could potentially face Nate Diaz in a trilogy bout next and blockbuster fight is expected to take place at Dana White's "Fight Island".

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UFC: Cor McGregor could face Nate Diaz next at UFC fight island

Though UFC president Dana White has still t finalised trilogy fight between Cor McGregor and Nate Diaz, MMA journalist Ariel Helwani has sparked an interesting possibility of match-up being scheduled in near future. According to Ariel Helwani, UFC 249 main event is going to be a gateway for Cor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 3. winner of UFC 249 will challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov for lightweight strap, leaving Cor McGregor out of title shot mix. Ariel Helwani believes that UFC is going to line up Cor McGregor and Nate Diaz once again to secure Cor’s position in lightweight division.

Cor McGregor has also hinted at facing Nate Diaz. In aftermath of UFC 246, Cor McGregor was asked to deliver his thoughts regarding Nate Diaz’s comments, to which Irish superstar said that he is ready to face Nate Diaz at any moment in his career as “number three is right here”. Though UFC officials have revealed thing about finalising bout, MMA fans have speculated that fight will happen since it is one of biggest fights in UFC history and Dana White could potentially stand to make a fortune out of it if he sets up trilogy bout on UFC fight island.

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UFC: Cor McGregor-Nate Diaz saga in UFC

Cor McGregor and Nate Diaz have defeated each or once in ir respective UFC careers and score is currently level at 1-1. Nate Diaz handed Cor McGregor his first UFC defeat at UFC 196 via second-round submission. However, Cor McGregor bounced back in rematch and avenged his loss at UFC 202.

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