{"id":268582,"date":"2018-01-24T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268582"},"modified":"2018-01-24T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T18:45:02","slug":"breaking-coach-says-plan-conor-mcgregor-return-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/breaking-coach-says-plan-conor-mcgregor-return-year\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Coach Says The Plan is for Conor McGregor to Return This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmoby.siddique%2Fvideos%2F1871793579528921%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Lightweight is on fire. Justin Gaethje is in the UFC. Eddie Alvarez is on a resurgence and carrying an unofficial &#8216;Most Violent&#8217; title. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/breaking-tony-ferguson-khabib-nurmagomedov-will-fight-undisputed-lightweight-title-ufc-223\/\">Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson are once again booked<\/a> to fight each other, which could potentially be for the undisputed lightweight title. Everything threatens to pass multi-millionaire &#8216;Champ Champ&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> by, but his coach recently waved his finger like no like\u00a0Dikembe Mutombo. The plan is for McGregor to return to the UFC in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe landscape changes so much, so quickly when different offers come in. But if you were to put a gun to my head and ask me to say what&#8217;s next, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s the UFC and it will be this year [that Conor McGregor returns]. There\u2019s so much happening in the division and things changing around and what have you. I can\u2019t say who, I can\u2019t say when but as people who follow him on social media will see, he\u2019s back, very motivated, training a lot. He\u2019s in the gym every day.\u00a0The plan seems to be forming and getting more exact every day that [he\u2019ll be] back in the UFC this year.\u00a0When and against who, I would be just guessing.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Coach John Kavanagh on Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OinS5sQjyt\">https:\/\/t.co\/OinS5sQjyt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BtloiWrfSl\">pic.twitter.com\/BtloiWrfSl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/952971623082217474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This may give reason as to why Dana White has been hesitant to straight up say Conor McGregor is going to be stripped and Ferguson&#8217;s fight with Nurmagomedov is for the &#8216;real&#8217; title. With their fight booked for UFC 223 in March, it looks like McGregor will be waiting to see who wins that fight and unify his title against the person claiming to be the best lightweight in the world. However, Nate Diaz just came out of nowhere and said <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-gives-update-see-around-may\/\">he&#8217;s ready to return<\/a> as well, so who knows how this will all play out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now get your Diddy&#8217;s out and beg.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/947857079632572417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/24\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight is on fire. Justin Gaethje is in the UFC. Eddie Alvarez is on a resurgence and carrying an unofficial &#8216;Most Violent&#8217; title. 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