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On August 26<\/a>, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor<\/a> will compete in his first-ever professional boxing match. Despite his complete lack of experience in pro boxing, this fight will not see him battle some journeyman in a community center basement. Instead, he’ll battle undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a fight that is widely considered the biggest of all time.<\/p>\n

Considering the scale of the test in front of him, you might expect McGregor to put his MMA training completely on hold to focus exclusively on boxing. Apparently, however, this has not been the case.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BT Sport<\/a> in the wake of his most recent press conference with Mayweather, McGregor admitted that he is indeed interested in a much-discussed MMA showdown with Khabib Nurmagomedov after his fight with Mayweather. Apparently, competing in this fight would be as simple as brushing up on his grappling \u2013 something he’s still working on as the Mayweather fight towers on the horizon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe I\u2019ll come out of this fight without a scratch,\u201d McGregor said (h\/t\u00a0Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201c[Take] a couple weeks to refresh my jiu-jitsu and my wrestling – not that I\u2019ve stopped training that either, I\u2019ve still kept up on that, just less – and then we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s certainly an option that I\u2019m exploring,\u201d McGregor continued, speaking on a potential fight with Nurmagomedov in Nurmagomedov’s native Russia. \u201cThat would be a spectacle. It\u2019d be like something out of\u00a0Rocky. I suppose this whole story is like a\u00a0Rocky\u00a0story, right? So why not face a man in his home country, and a crazy place like Russia. It\u2019s certainly something I\u2019d like to do. There\u2019s a couple of options on the table so let\u2019s see what unfolds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Conor McGregor will actually return to MMA after this ultra-lucrative collision with Floyd Mayweather, or will this be his last fight in any combat sport?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/18\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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