Conor McGregor on Monday said the pieces about areas one for his arrival to the UFC.

Conor McGregor on Monday said the pieces about areas one for his arrival to the UFC. 

"It's not official, but rather we're close," McGregor told TMZ.com in New York City. 

McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) is relied upon to battle recently delegated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) for the title he once held sooner or later this fall. 

McGregor, in the wake of completing a keep running in New York, said he trusts the battle will happen in 2018, and everything except completely decided out that it will be at Madison Square Garden in New York in November. 

"I trust so – I trust along these lines, (that it will be in 2018)," McGregor said. "I'm pushing for it. You know, I (interjection) love New York City. To have the capacity to be here free, a liberated individual strolling around this place – what a city. What a (swear word) city. I'd love to battle in the Garden, once more, however, I trust this one is for Las Vegas." 

UFC 229 happens Oct. 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 232 is the advancement's year-end card on Dec. 29. 

Main events have not been declared for both of those shows, but rather the UFC is required to hold a news gathering this week in conjunction with Friday's stylized measure ins for UFC 227 in Los Angeles to report the main events for a large number of its outstanding shows on the schedule in the 2018 final quarter. 

Members in the news meeting have not been declared — and truth be told, the media occasion itself has not been influenced a piece of the advancement's authentic to battle week plan. Be that as it may, Nurmagomedov was in Calgary this past Saturday for UFC on FOX 30, and McGregor is in New York. 

McGregor won the lightweight belt at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden in November 2016 when he thumped out Eddie Alvarez. All the while, he turned into the advancement's first contender to hold two titles at the same time. After two weeks, he was stripped of his featherweight belt, having never shielded it. At that point eventually, not long ago he was stripped of the lightweight title when Nurmagomedov was delegated the full champion. He never protected the 155-pound belt, either. 

This previous week, McGregor, 30, and conceded to dislocated direct in Kings County Criminal Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., for his part in an assault on a UFC warrior transport in April at UFC 223. 

McGregor was requested to experience five long stretches of network administration and one to three long periods of outrage administration classes. McGregor likewise was arranged to pay compensation for the assault that left two UFC contenders harmed. A couple of lawful offense counts of criminal naughtiness as a detriment to McGregor were dropped, and he was requested to not go almost three individuals influenced by the assault, including UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa and onetime UFC flyweight title challenger Ray Borg, who was hit by shards of glass and compelled to pull back from planned sessions at UFC 223. 

A short time later, UFC President Dana White called the assault the "most appalling thing that has ever occurred ever of the organization" and put McGregor's profession on end until the determination of the case. 

In any case, with no movement limitations forced by his request, McGregor can continue his octagon profession whenever. His solitary battle since UFC 205 was the point at which he took a bout with Floyd Mayweather, which the UFC co-advanced in August 2017. The occasion was the second most noteworthy earning residential pay-per-see ever. 

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Conor McGregor on Khabib Nurmagomedov battle: 'It's not official, but rather we're close'