Den ryske UFC-fightern och Conor McGregors lagkamrat Artem Lobov är bokad för ett möte med Alex Caceres under UFC 223, där topprankade lättviktarna Tony Ferguson och Khabib Nurmagomedov möter varandra.
Lobov tror att han bokades för att se till att Mcgregor är på plats under galan.
Via MMAFighting:
I’d say they definitely might have thought about it. It probably did (factor into the decision), and why not?
They flew Conor out to see Aldo’s fight in Brazil before when he was defending his belt against Chad Mendes, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see history repeating itself in Brooklyn. I guess they did kind of think about that.
I’m not too concerned about why they booked me, if I’m honest. I need to fight and I need to win. That’s my main focus now. Whether it’s in the UFC or elsewhere, you need to winning in this sport.
UFC 223 äger rum i Brooklyn den 7 april.
