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18th March 2019
07:57pm GMT

After joking about returning home to begin a campaign for a whole week of St Patrick's celebrations, McGregor was asked if he would be fighting again soon.
"We’re currently in negotiations," he responded.
"We’re aiming for July so we’ll see what happens. I am staying ready. This morning I was doing incline sprints on the treadmill on my program, the McGregor F.A.S.T. program, staying in a hotel room.
"So we’re staying on it. Getting work in as we go."
A fight in July would rule out an immediate rematch against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who defeated him last October at UFC 229.
'The Notorious' looked all set to face Donald Cerrone but, according to 'Cowboy', that fight hit the skids when the UFC attempted to schedule it as a co-main event. That would mean putting a title fight on the cards and sharing the pay-per-view points.
As the biggest draw in the sport, McGregor has seemingly moved past co-main event status even when he’s not competing for a title but it’s impossible to say right now what options have been presented for his next fight.
McGregor mentioning July would seem to indicate his potential involvement in the UFC's International Fight Week 2019 in Las Vegas. That week is the biggest in the promotion's calendar and their bout-makers like to stack the PPV card for the main showpiece, UFC 239 (T-Mobile Arena on July 6).
Al Iaquinta was on the Ariel Helwani MMA Show, on Monday, and told the host he has been promised 'a big fight' by the UFC. 'Raging Al' went the distance with Nurmagomedov at UFC 223 and has also been angling to take on McGregor.
Another option could be McGregor taking on the winner of UFC 236's interim 155lbs title fight between two men he beat when they all used to be featherweights, Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway.
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