McGregor KO leaves UFC lightweight division in limbo

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Conor McGregor's bout with Dustin Poirier was supposed to bring clarity to the UFC's lightweight division and the prospect of a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov, but his stunning knockout loss raises more questions that it answered for the division.

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ABU DHABI - Conor McGregor’s bout with Dustin Poirier was supposed to bring clarity to the UFC’s lightweight division and the prospect of a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov, but his stunning knockout loss raises more questions that it answered for the division.

UFC president Dana White had earlier been making no secret of the fact that he would like to see Nurmagomedov, who retired undefeated after beating Justin Gaethje last October, come back for a lucrative rematch with McGregor. “He said ‘Dana, be honest with yourself. I’m so many levels above these guys. I beat these guys’,” White told a media conference as he watched what would undoubtedly have been a very lucrative pay-per-view event slip away.

But this time he was to be the combatant ending the bout knocked senseless as Poirier avenged a 2014 loss at featherweight.

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I'm not worried. McGregor's already filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania and Georgia. He didn't lose.

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Definitely because of this TeamKhabib smashed his asses pressed his face in the corner we can say TeamKhabib ruined whole his career we so thankful and grateful to you TeamKhabib and DustinPoirier thank you man for what did you do last night .

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