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15th June 2017
08:02am BST
First comes the lucrative meeting with Floyd Mayweather on August 26, which was confirmed on Wednesday evening.
And win or lose against arguably the greatest boxer of all time, McGregor apparently intends to take to the Octagon at least once in 2017.
UFC president Dana White clarified McGregor's stance during a conference call in the early hours of Thursday morning, when he assured reporters that the Irishman has insisted upon a return to the Octagon this year.
"I'm pretty confident (he'll fight again this year) based on the conversation I had with him," White said.
"He's fired up for this fight and he's excited to fight again and defend his title before the end of the year.
"Nothing is a guarantee. You can't be guaranteed that anybody is going to fight again but, if you look at Conor, the reason that this fight is so big and the reason that he's such a huge superstar is because this guy will fight anybody, anywhere, anytime.
"This guy is going to step in and fight Floyd Mayweather under boxing rules. These are the reasons that people love this kid.
"I've got all these guys crying about 'Conor McGregor this' and 'Conor McGregor that'. Shut up!
"Step up and fight like Conor McGregor fights. Take the big fights when somebody falls out.
"On four or five days (notice), he'll fight anyone. That's why people love him.
"If I had to tell you right here, right now if I think Conor's coming back this year... I absolutely do."
Sorry, Tony Ferguson, you're going to have to do it the hard way.
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