Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Although the pieces may fall into place for a boxing showdown between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, UFC President Dana White said as of now, the UFC lightweight champion’s next fight will be determined by the winner of Saturday’s UFC 209 co-headliner between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov . “I expect Conor’s next fight to be in the UFC, in mixed martial arts, and the winner of Khabib and Tony,” White told TMZ.com . Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) meet at Saturday’s pay-per-view event for the interim lightweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC), the undisputed champ, is officially on a 10-month leave of absence as he prepares for the birth of his first child. Mayweather, retired since September 2015, put his long-rumored rendezvous with McGregor back in the headlines when he reportedly showed up to Wild Card Boxing Gym in Hollywood, Calif., to tell the famed coach Freddie Roach he should train McGregor in anticipation of the bout. Related: Jumping on McGregor-Mayweather bandwagon?
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