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With a plea bargain entered in a New York courtroom, the planets have aligned and finally have us heading towards a collision long written in the stars. A clash of the titans beckons at UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the result of which not even an oracle could predict. Khabib Nurmagomedov, like Cronus, sits atop his mountain, having devoured all adversaries put before him; Conor McGregor, like Atlas, carries the weight of the Ultimate Fighting Championship upon his lonely shoulders.