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15th March 2018
10:47pm GMT

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/970166121478414336 Roddy added that McGregor returned to hard sparring specifically for a match-up with Edgar. They used a sparring partner with a similar style to Edgar and things were looking pretty good in the gym. The very next day, McGregor tried to secure the fight, but at that stage, it was gone.“I got the call off Conor almost a little under a month out, just kind of out of the blue, ‘oh yeah, look, Holloway’s out of the fight, they’re looking for a replacement to fight Frankie so I’m up for it, I’m thinking of doing it’ ‘So I was like, ‘well, alright, let’s see what the craic is,’ and we went in and he sparred."
The good news is that McGregor has got 'the bug again' and has kept up the intensity in training, Roddy claims. This one may not have come to pass, but there could be another opportunity around the corner."He hadn’t sparred too hard in a while, so like went in and had a good, tough spar with one of the guys similar to Frankie’s size, similar style and stuff like that, and then looked amazing. And he’s like, ‘yeah, what do you think?’ I was like, ‘you look fresh. You know what to expect from Frankie, you’re not going to get anything like, his stand-up before in the past, you know, all his career, the kind of style of fighter he is, you know what you’re gonna get with him and you look great.’"
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