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Conor McGregor will fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October

Published 22:49 3 Aug 2018 BST

Updated 23:10 3 Aug 2018 BST

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Conor McGregor will fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October

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It's finally on.

Conor McGregor will fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov on 6 October in Las Vegas at UFC 229.

The announcement was made at the end of the UFC 25th anniversary press conference in Los Angeles on Friday night.

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1025493255704571904

Beforehand, McGregor teased the inevitable with a short provocative clip on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1025473280709410823

MMA journalist Ariel Helwani teased "the biggest fight in MMA history" on Twitter before the press conference, and it appeared that an anticlimax was on the cards.

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1025493048308854784

Dana White initially provided a fake-out by claiming that the deal wasn't done but he expected it would come together soon. 30 minutes later, the truth was revealed.

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