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McGregor: I have my eyes on Pettis
Conor McGregor will fight Jose Aldo at UFC 189 for the featherweight title, but down the road can see himself in a super fight with lightweight champ Anthony Pettis.
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Chris Palmquist
Conor McGregor will fight Jose Aldo at UFC 189 for the featherweight title, but down the road can see himself in a super fight with lightweight champ Anthony Pettis:
The rising UFC featherweight says that moving up to lightweight is highly likely down the road. And a bout there with Pettis, the titleholder, strikes his fancy.
“I think it would be a great fight,” McGregor said during a media scrum at UFC 183. “Definitely, 155 is in my future. Anthony is phenomenal on the feet. He’s got good jiu-jitsu. I feel it would be a great fight. It’s a fight I have my eyes on.”
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