Dana White je izjavio da Conor McGregor želi da se bori sa Khabibom Nurmagoedovom i to pred domaćom publikom Khabiba u Rusiji. Dana White je izjavio sledeće za MMAJunkie.com. 

You know what Conor told me? He said, ‘I want Khabib in Russia. Isn’t he (expletive) awesome? He’s like, ‘I want Khabib, in Russia.’ He’s awesome. Conor McGregor is a (expletive) unicorn. There’s nothing like him. He’s working on boxing Floyd Mayweather and then he’s talking about fighting Khabib in Russia right after.




Međutim Dana White želi da gleda borbu između Khabiba i Tonya Fergusona pre nego što dođe do te borbe i smatra da se ta borba mora dogoditi da bi saznali ko će da bude sledeći izazival lake kategorije.

Those guys (have) got to fight. It would have seemed a lot worse if those two guys fought (at UFC 209), and they were all sitting around waiting. It didn’t happen. That fight still needs to happen. So this thing could time out perfectly.

McGregor je poslednji put bio u akciji na UFC205 u New Yorku kada je pobedio Eddia Alvareza tehničkim nokautom u drugoj rundi i tako postao šampion UFC-ove lake kategorije. Sada ima jednu boks borbu pred sobom i to sa Floyd Mayweatherom u Las Vegasu 26. avgusta.