{"id":281612,"date":"2018-07-26T11:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281612"},"modified":"2018-07-26T11:06:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:06:51","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/khabib-nurmagomedov-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts to Conor McGregor situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor is a free man. During a Thursday court appearance, the Irish MMA star was\u00a0cleared of all felony charges, and handed a few minor punishments for his infamous April rampage in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/a>This means is that McGregor will soon be able to return to the Octagon, should he so choose.<\/p>\n

If McGregor does return to the cage, it’s more than likely that it will be to a title fight with undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Conor McGregor emerged from court, Nurmagomedov took to social media with a short-but-sweet reaction to the situation.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bls967cnVTv\/<\/p>\n

“#SendMeLocation,” is all he said.<\/p>\n

While nothing is set in stone with respect to Conor McGregor’s return to action just yet, it sounds like something that he and his team are keen to sort out soon.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThings are off to a good start,\u201d McGregor’s manager Audi Attar told ESPN<\/a> shortly after Thursday\u2019s court proceedings ended, discussing negotiations between McGregor and the UFC. \u201cI think it\u2019s just about getting back to a place where everyone\u2019s happy. Because at the end of the day, we had a great relationship. We\u2019ve done great things together. We\u2019ve made history together. There\u2019s no point that that shouldn\u2019t be continued.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard October, I\u2019ve heard November, I\u2019ve heard December,\u201d Attar added, discussing possible timeframes for McGregor’s return. \u201cThe reality of it is, none of them are real until the deal is finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that he wants to fight again this year. Whether he fights again this year is dependent on us getting the final deal done.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has also reported that Conor McGregor’s team is eyeing UFC 229 on October 6 as a possible setting for his much discussed showdown<\/a> with Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 6 in Las Vegas is the date they want for Conor-Khabib. But they need to get a deal done first.<\/p>\n

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n