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30th July 2019
02:36pm BST

"That little inner voice creeps in sometimes," he said. "But you’ve just gotta tell that guy to shut the f**k up."Tucker went backstage, soon after his fight, for a couple of press huddles and in one, captured by MMA Fighting, he responded brusquely when told McGregor had tweeted about his 'illegal knee'.
"Who cares what Conor tweets? Aren’t you guys sick of these tweets yet? Who cares? He’s been gone longer than I have. Who cares."https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1156055566734831618 McGregor is currently watching the UFC lightweight division and, according to president Dana White, lying in wait. White hinted to reporters that the Dubliner was prepared to step up, at September's UFC 242, should either 155 lbs title contender, Khabib Nurmagomedov or Dustin Poirier, failed to make it to The Octagon. The UFC is now, and wisely, getting back-up fighters to come along on the weekend of bouts to weigh-in, just in case. Last weekend, Aussie featherweight Alexander Volkanovski flew 37 hours to get to Edmonton and make weight should champion Max Holloway, who retained his title, or challenger Frankie Edgar drop out at late notice or miss weight. McGregor has not fought at 145 lbs since he dethroned former champion José Aldo at UFC 194, at MGM Grand in December 2015. He may have just sat up at taken notice of featherweight Tucker after his Twitter remarks.
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