UFC’s Conor McGregor Says He Plans to Strive against ‘At Least’ 2 Extra Times in 2021
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Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor on Jan. 23, however the latter it sounds as if is no longer certainly performed combating this yr.
On Sunday, McGregor took to Twitter and acknowledged he plans on combating “no longer less than” two more instances this yr when answering a query. That will maybe match the total replacement of instances he has fought since he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov on Oct. 6, 2018.
This is no longer the first time Conor McGregor has discussed combating again this yr.
After he lost to Dustin Poirier, he told reporters that “I correct wasn’t as delighted as I wanted to be. It is miles the inaction. I certainly be pleased to mud it off and method abet and that’s the reason it. And that’s the reason what I’ll enact.”
That he became once rusty wasn’t exactly ravishing brooding about he spent more than a yr far flung from the Octagon forward of the battle. The rematch became once worthy assorted than their 2014 battle when McGregor dealt with the American with relative ease.
There became once a time when McGregor became once opinion of one of many most daunting opponents in all of UFC.
He received seven straight fights from 2013 through 2015 and even held his grasp in a boxing matchup against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
Whereas the battle against Poirier didn’t scoot as planned, it appears as if McGregor intends on working off among the rust and returning to the Octagon more than one instances later this yr.