The UFC president said prior to UFC 246 that Khabib Nurmagomedov would be next for Conor McGregor if he were to beat Donald Cerrone in the main event and, after watching McGregor coolly dispose of ‘Cowboy’ in just 40 seconds on Saturday night, White doubled down on those sentiments and said ‘The Notorious’ will rematch ‘The Eagle’ in his next bout.
“There’s always somebody fun that can match up with Conor and everybody wants to fight Conor,” White said at the UFC 246 post fight press conference, per MMA Fighting. “Everybody’s wanted to fight Conor for the last however many years.