- Title: Mixed martial arts-McGregor announces UFC return on Jan 18 in Las Vegas
- Date: 24th October 2019
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CONOR MCGREGOR ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE SIGN READING "CONOR IN MOSCOW OCTOBER 2019 PARI MATCH"
- Embargoed: 7th November 2019 14:45
- Keywords: MMA Conor McGregor Pari Martch Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC Las Vegas
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Mixed Martial Arts,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2GJ133
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- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE (SHOWS NO. 3 AND 9)
Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor plans to return to the UFC octagon in Las Vegas on Jan. 18, he told a media conference in Moscow on Thursday (October 24), against an opponent he declined to name.
McGregor said he wants three fights in 2020, including rematches with Nate Diaz and Khabib Nurmagomedov, who defeated the Irishman in a lightweight title bout last year, the Irishman's most recent MMA fight.
"The return of the 'notorious' Conor McGregor will take place on Jan. 18th in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada ... I am in prime physical condition, I have agreed the date with the company," McGregor told reporters.
"If I was to give you people the name (of the opponent), which I would love to do, the UFC would flip it because they are a crafty company, so for me, here's this one - ask the UFC who the opponent is," he added.
Following that bout, McGregor said he wants a trilogy fight against Nate Diaz, who beat him in March 2016 before McGregor had his revenge with a win in August that year, and then a rematch in Moscow against lightweight champ Nurmagomedov.
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