UFC: Conor McGregor most likely to face Donald Cerrone on comeback

Cor McGregor recently anunced his return to UFC after infamously declaring his retirement from sport earlier this year. McGregor has said that his comeback fight will be in Vegas and on January 18 but h t revealed an opponent. It is w being reported that his opponent in fight will most probably be eight-year UFC veteran Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone.

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Both parties are in talks

Talking to a news outlet, McGregor's manr, Audie Attar, revealed that talks have been going on between two camps to set up fight for January 18. He signalled that deal is almost done and thing should change until some unforeseen problems pop up. Attar ded that Cerrone is a great fighter for bout as he is a fan favourite and very fight-oriented. He also ackwledged how excited fans are to see ' torious' Cor McGregor make a comeback into Octagon. re was an alleged attempt to set up this fight earlier this year but an injury McGregor sustained, delayed bout. 

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Cor McGregor is looking at multiple fights in 2020

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McGregor h anunced his retirement from MMA through this tweet me in March but last month, in a press conference, he revealed that he was indeed coming back to UFC. McGregor referred to fight on January 18, 2020 as beginning of his season and also revealed that he wanted to fight winner of BMF Title match (which turned out to be Jorge Masvidal). He has also talked about a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov. McGregor h suffered a loss against Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 and that was last time he was seen in MMA Octagon.

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