“The Notorious” is back.
Former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor (21-4) and Donald Cerrone (36-13, 1 NC) have verbally agreed to meet in the welterweight main event of UFC 246, which is set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Jan. 18, MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed with sources following an initial report from ESPN.
This will be McGregor’s first fight since being defeated by lightweight titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018. Immediately following that bout, the two fighters and their respective teams became involved in a chaotic post-match melee that resulted in fines and suspensions for McGregor, Nurmagomedov, and several members of Nurmagomedov’s team.