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16th November 2016
04:16pm GMT

"Neither one of you are getting the fight. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, but you can take it from me right now. Neither one of you are going to be fighting Conor next."The American Gangster's solution to this issue is simple. When there are two guys who feel they are the number one-contender, the obvious way to settle the debate is to put on a title eliminator bout.
"You're going to be fighting each other next. Khabib and Ferguson are going to be fighting each other and it's a timeline issue. First off, if you're the company who do you choose? One guy's on an eight-fight (sic) win-streak in Ferguson. In Khabib you've got a guy who's 23-0 (sic). The best record in all of the UFC."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/798556383767621633 Following McGregor's big announcement at the post-fight press conference that his girlfriend is expecting a baby, Sonnen doesn't expect the Notorious to be in any rush to return to the Octagon. Especially considering that he's competed in four headline bouts in the space of 11 months.
"They're going to have to fight each other. That's it, because Conor's not getting back in there in a timely fashion. He said that, he said, 'look, I've got a baby on the way and I'm going to take a little bit of time.' He has been active and he has been busy and he's going to take a little bit of time."The only way he envisages McGregor being enticed back to the Octagon early is if the right fight is there for him, he just doesn't consider either Ferguson or Nurmagomedov to fit that bill just yet.
"For the right fight he might feel some pressures from the company. He might have the company coming in and saying, 'Conor we really need to do this and here's the date.' The sad reality, and I like these guys a lot and I hope they don't take it as an insult, but this is reality, neither one of those guys is a big enough fight." "Khabib and Conor, does it sell? You bet it does. Ferguson and Conor, does it sell? You bet it does. Is it something we have to have and the company is going to be injured if it takes a little bit longer? No, it's not."
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