After Conor McGregor’s submission defeat to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, the Irishman was reportedly ‘obsessed’ about the loss and went to extreme lengths to ensure the UFC booked the rematch, which McGregor went on to win via majority decision at UFC 202.
Flash forward to to 2018, however, when Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor to defend his lightweight title at UFC 229, and ‘The Notorious’ didn’t — and still doesn’t — seem particularly enthused about a rematch with ‘The Eagle’.
There’s been a noticeable shift in McGregor’s attitude since that bout and, according to UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping, the former ‘champ-champ’ is secretly ‘praying’ for a rematch with Dustin Poirier, who is scheduled to take on Nurmagomedov in a lightweight title unification bout at UFC 242.