We lost the match but won the battle.
The war goes on. pic.twitter.com/CRtPaGfOnn— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 8, 2018
The rematch is happening, it is just a matter of when.
Dana White is already promoting it hard on ESPN while pretending to be upset about what happened.
Later that evening, McGregor wrote on social media he is “looking forward to the rematch.” White told “First Take” on Monday that McGregor has also brought it up to him directly.
“[Nurmagomedov] has to go before the Nevada commission, and we have to see what’s going to happen with Khabib and this whole mess,” White said. “But Conor McGregor has already called me, wanting a rematch.
“That’s what Conor has asked for. We’ll see what happens with Khabib and what’s next. Tony Ferguson looked amazing. Those two have been lined up three different times to fight and it hasn’t happened. We’ll see how things play out.”
This was good for UFC no matter how they spin it.
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