{"id":290270,"date":"2023-09-10T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=290270"},"modified":"2023-09-10T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:34:09","slug":"conor-mcgregor-challenged-to-fight-at-ufc-300-by-alexander-volkanovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/mma\/conor-mcgregor-challenged-to-fight-at-ufc-300-by-alexander-volkanovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor challenged to fight at UFC 300 by Alexander Volkanovski"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Conor McGregor claims &#8216;little sausage&#8217; Alexander Volkanovski will be &#8216;quick work for him&#8217; and says the Australian is &#8216;hittable and hurtable&#8217; &#8211; as the featherweight champion responds: &#8216;Let&#8217;s do it at UFC 300&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Conor McGregor could face Alexander Volkanovski in mega fight at UFC 300\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McGregor challenged the Featherweight champion in social media post\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The Australian responded\u00a0by challenging McGregor to bout at UFC&#8217;s big event\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conor McGregor could be heading for a big-money showdown with\u00a0Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 300 after the pair waged war against each on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During this weekend&#8217;s UFC 293 event, McGregor sent his usual flurry of opinions across social media, and in one post took aim at the current\u00a0Featherweight champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ask my b****x that little sausage volkonovski is no way p4p 1. Silly.&#8217; McGregor ranted in the direction of the Australian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That\u2019s quick work for me. 100% accuracy work. Readable. Hittable. Hurtable. I like he has this title tho we should fight at some stage so the FW goats will have all faced off and let there be no debate.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Volkanovski to reply. Twenty minutes after the post was sent, he responded by accepting the Irishman&#8217;s challenge and threw down UFC 300 as a possible setting fort he fight. Simply declaring &#8216;Let\u2019s do it at #UFC300.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/17\/75268965-12501787-image-a-1_1694362428770.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor took a swipe at current UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/17\/75269001-12501787-image-a-2_1694362431275.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Volkanovski accepted McGregor&#8217;s challenge and put forward for a match with him at UFC 300<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/17\/75269115-12501787-image-a-11_1694362689560.jpg\" height=\"257\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two fighters have a spat on social media and seemingly set up a match for the future\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Volkanovski is coming off a victory over Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290, and currently in the prime of his career, whereas UFC is still waiting on the return of McGregor to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Notorious&#8217; fighter, now 34, hasn&#8217;t competed in a UFC fight since his brutal leg injury against Dustin Poirier in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed earlier this month his plan to return to fighting, putting a three-match plan in place by targeting bouts against Michael Chandler, Justin Gaethje and a trilogy of meetings with Nate Diaz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, it looks like a new addition will have to be made to that list, if a bout can be confirmed between McGregor and Volkanovski for UFC 300, which would likely take place next Spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The only question would be if former multi-time UFC Champion McGregor, could get get himself down to competing at Featherweight, or would the bout be fought in the Lightweight division instead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/17\/75269011-12501787-image-a-12_1694363387064.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Australian fighter Alexander Volkanovski is the current UFC Featherweight champion\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12501787\/Conor-McGregor-claims-little-sausage-Alexander-Volkanovski-quick-work-says-Australian-hittable-hurtable-featherweight-champion-responds-Lets-UFC-300.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor claims &#8216;little sausage&#8217; 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