LAS VEGAS – A new two-division champion was crowned at Saturday’s UFC 226 event, but, as it’s come to be expected whenever UFC President Dana White is in the room, the name of another man with dual-division octagon honors made its way to the conversation. That is, of course, Conor McGregor . McGregor hasn’t stepped into the octagon since November 2016, when he took out Eddie Alvarez to earn the UFC’s lightweight belt. Despite speculation over whether he’d even return to MMA after a massive payday in boxing , and the most recent legal complications stemming from a documented attack to a bus carrying fighters at UFC 223, he’s been touted as the next challenger to the lightweight belt. That would mean fighting its current holder, unbeaten Khabib Numagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC), who’s said on social media that the UFC was “working on fight” between him and the ex-champ. More recently, McGregor’s (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) coach John Kavanagh told ESPN.com that talks are “ongoing” for his return
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