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Nicolas Atkin

Dana White has reiterated that Tony Ferguson will get the next title shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov – but said a Conor McGregor rematch “would make sense” if Ferguson does not take the fight.
Khabib submitted Dustin Poirier with a rear-naked choke in the third round of their title unification fight at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi.
The Dagestan-born Russian improved his record to 28-0, with a 12-0 record in the UFC – but Ferguson also owns a 12-fight win streak.
“Yeah, he’s next, Tony Ferguson is next in line for the fight, if he accepts the fight,” UFC president White said at the post-event press conference. “We’ll see how this thing plays out, when Khabib fights again and when Tony wants to fight.”

Khabib said in the Octagon he wanted to rest up before talking about his next fight.
“My next opponent, it’s a very good steak and a burger with double cheese, I want this one,” he added at the press conference. “With some juice, with ice. I wanna enjoy it a little bit, give me a couple days guys, please.”
UFC 242: Khabib Nurmagomedov mauls Dustin Poirier to retain his lightweight title in Abu Dhabi
But White was a little more willing to speculate, and suggested McGregor would be another option.
“Tony Ferguson gets the next shot and obviously if for whatever reason Tony can’t take the fight or doesn’t want the fight at that time then we’d figure out what’s next,” White said.
“But Conor would make a lot of sense. Conor wants that fight really badly and I’m sure a lot of fans would want to watch it. Let’s see how it plays out.”


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UFC president reiterates Tony Ferguson will be offered next shot at the lightweight title
‘Conor wants that fight really badly and I’m sure a lot of fans would want to watch it’



UFC president reiterates Tony Ferguson will be offered next shot, but ‘Conor wants that fight really badly and I’m sure a lot of fans would want to watch it’.


UFC 242: Dana White says Conor McGregor rematch ‘makes sense’ if Tony Ferguson doesn’t want Khabib

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} UFC president reiterates Tony Ferguson will be offered next shot at the lightweight title ‘Conor wants that fight really badly and I’m sure a lot of fans would want to watch it’

UFC president reiterates Tony Ferguson will be offered next shot at the lightweight title

‘Conor wants that fight really badly and I’m sure a lot of fans would want to watch it’