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McGregor not willing to ‘sit out and wait’ for Khabib rematch, anticipates March return

UFC president Dana White is trying to push Conor McGregor into a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov, but ‘The Notorious’ is having none of it.

After his sensational first-round TKO of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246, McGregor wants to get back in the cage asap and the Irishman isn’t going to ‘sit out and wait’ on the sidelines for a fight that may never materalize.

“I don’t think the who matters,” McGregor said at the UFC 246 post-fight press conference, per MMA Fighting. “Okay, the lightweight title will be there. That will be there.