Conor McGregor says he “accepts” a fight with UFC rising star Khamzat Chimaev … but calm down everyone, it’s far from official.
Here’s the deal … Khamzat — who’s dominated in his first 2 fights in the UFC — called out Conor, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal on social media Thursday.
“I’m getting bored, please @danawhite give me @NateDiaz209 @GamebredFighter @TheNotoriousMMA same night,” Khamzat tweeted.
“I can smash all these guys … I’m not cocky guy I’m just confident. I understand if they don’t want to fight me.”
Moments later … Conor responded — “I accept!”
Khamzat fired back with some sass — “Beg me.”
So, is this really gonna happen!?!?
We reached out to Dana White for some answers! Here’s the situation …
White says there’s no official fight in the works for those two guys at the moment — so we asked if it would be possible at some point down the line if the stars align?
Dana’s response — “Probably not but who knows?!”
Let’s get real … Conor has been gunning for rematches with Nate, Khabib and Floyd Mayweather — which would probably take priority if he actually “unretires.”
In the meantime, Dana says the UFC is working on putting together a different fight for Khamzat on August 29th, which would be his 3rd fight in a little over a month!!!
If you’re unfamiliar, Chechen-born Khamzat is 8-0 as a pro MMA fighter — and out struck his last two opponents 192 to 2!
THAT’S INSANE!!
So, hold your breath on Khamzat vs. Conor for now … but don’t give up hope.
By the way, Khamzat recently told us he’d “smash” Conor in the 1st round if they ever do fight. Dude definitely doesn’t lack confidence!
