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Coach Owen Roddy: ‘Cowboy and Conor is a great fight for the fans’

Although it’s still up in the air, it’s expected that former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon in January opposite fan favorite Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.

Coach Owen Roddy, who says both he and SBG Ireland head coach John Kavanagh will be in McGregor’s corner for ‘The Notorious’s’ comeback fight, touted the ‘Cowboy’ matchup as one of the most entertaining fights for the fans.

“If it is ‘Cowboy,’ it would be an exciting fight, yeah,” Roddy said in a recent interview with MMA Junkie. “I said this a couple of months ago: ‘Cowboy’ and Conor is a great fight for the fans.