{"id":143915,"date":"2015-05-15T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T18:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=143915"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:27:04","slug":"faber-down-for-mcgregor-scrap-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/faber-down-for-mcgregor-scrap-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Faber Down For McGregor Scrap In Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag.png\" alt=\"Conor McGregor Flag\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Conor-McGregor-Flag-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Urijah Faber and Frankie Edgar are set to clash at &#8220;UFC Fight Night 66&#8221; in what seems to be a title eliminator for the featherweight championship. If Faber can make it past Edgar and McGregor beats Aldo, Faber mentioned he would love to fight the Irishman in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, there&#8217;s been a little stirred up tension about that fight, and I would love to do that,&#8221; Faber told the media. &#8220;Seems like&#8230; I want the fights that are big and have a lot of meaning, so I would love to go over there to Ireland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though Urijah Faber would love to fight McGregor in Ireland, he doesn&#8217;t think Aldo will be losing his belt at UFC 189.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my opinion Aldo&#8217;s got the more well rounded game, but again, we haven&#8217;t seen Conor on the ground too much. We haven&#8217;t seen him deal with someone who&#8217;s a master kicker, someone that can really hammer kicks and knees and stuff like that, like Aldo can do. 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