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John Kavanagh, Conor McGregor’s head coach at SBG Ireland, is very confident the Irish superstar will return to the UFC’s Octagon this year \u2014 and most likely to a battle with new UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

Kavanagh shared his confidence in a possible Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight during a conversation with Robin Black in Dublin.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, so, it\u2019s the obvious fight, as his coach and as a fan of MMA, it\u2019s the fight I want to see,” Kavanagh told Blac, when asked about the matchup (transcribed by Jim Edwards for MMANytt<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cI would almost bet anything that this fight happens before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine it not happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this comments from Kavanagh are in keeping with some recent comments from Nurmagomedov himself, who claimed the UFC was actively working on a fight<\/a> with McGregor.<\/p>\n

“Very soon I\u2019m going to come to USA, to California and begin my training camp,\u201d Nurmagomedov said on the social media platform Live Raise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the UFC give me fight I\u2019m going to come to California and I\u2019m going to stay at [American Kickboxing Academy] for nine weeks with my family before the fight and I\u2019m going to defend my title.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year I want to defend my title. About opponents? I don\u2019t know to be honest. I don\u2019t know, but the UFC are working on a fight versus Conor [McGregor].\u201d<\/p>\n

Conor McGregor has not competed since August of 2017, when he came up short in a blockbuster boxing match with undefeated legend of pugilism Floyd Mayweather Jr. His last MMA bout occurred in November of 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to capture the UFC lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Khabib Nurmagomedov, meanwhile, recently captured the lightweight belt that was quietly stripped from the long-absent McGregor, defeating last-minute replacement Al Iaquinta by decision in March.<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll see Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov fight this year?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/25\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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