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The Conor McGregor–Max Holloway rematch was confirmed on July 16 — just as Francis Ngannou was making his walk to the cage to face Philipe Lins at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The announcement came during a relatively nondescript UFC Fight Night 276 card, which only fueled speculation that it was made at that time to take attention away from Most Valuable Promotion’s first-ever MMA card.
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White claims the timing of the McGregor-Holloway announcement coincided with the bout being finalized.
“Not a coincidence,” White told Fred Talks Fighting. “I had a f—king fight here that night. Anybody who thinks that I gave a s—t what was going on anywhere else is out of their f—ing minds.
“We announced it as soon as we got it done, and we were in the middle of our event. (I don’t) give a f—k what those guys are doing. You kidding me?”
The booking had been rumored for quite some time, and there was speculation that it was going to be revealed during the UFC 328 broadcast one week prior. The Las Vegas-based promotion often makes significant announcements during major numbered events, but that wasn’t the case this time around.
UFC 329 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and marks McGregor’s first Octagon appearance since July 2021.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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