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The MMA world may be somewhat surprised to hear Tony Ferguson returns very soon.

A report broke from MMAjunkie tonight that Ferguson will meet former champion Anthony Pettis at October 6’s UFC 229 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Ferguson has been out of action since he won the interim title by defeating Kevin Lee at UFC 216. “El Cucuy” was scheduled to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for the vacated title at April’s UFC 223. A fluke injury forced him out when he tripped over a cable fulfilling media obligations. The former interim champion underwent a gruesome-looking surgery. Ferguson has since been medically cleared to return.

He has a big fight waiting at UFC 229. The card is slated to be the biggest draw on the UFC PPV schedule. Conor McGregor will finally return to take on champion Nurmagomedov for the 155-pound title.

Now, two former champions will throw down as well.

Ferguson has won an incredible 10 straight fights in maybe the most difficult division in MMA. Pettis has had more up-and-down results recently. He got back on track at July’s UFC 226 by submitting Michael Chiesa. Pettis is 3-3 in his last six bouts.

“Showtime” reacted to the fight on social media:

On to the next one! #ufc229 #teampettis #414 #702 pic.twitter.com/YNIljSseI5

— Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) August 24, 2018

The current UFC 229 lineup after the announcement is as follows:

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
• Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov
• Jussier Formiga vs. Sergio Pettis
• Dominick Reyes vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Felice Herrig vs. Michelle Waterson
• Yana Kunitskaya vs. Lina Lansberg
• Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
• Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin
• Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick
• Nik Lentz vs. Gray Maynard
• Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis

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Conor McGregor looks better than ever ahead of his anticipated UFC return.

That’s the story his teammate James Gallagher it telling, at least.

Gallagher recently sounded off on McGregor’s anticipated return to MMA Fighting. The young Irish contender claims his superstar teammate has the ‘fire’ back inside of him. McGregor has supposedly been given a boost from Nurmagomedov to prove his status:

“[Conor] looks better than ever. He’s got that fire back inside of him. When you’re on the top of the world like he’s been for so long, you need to chill out for a little bit to get that hunger back. It’s hard to keep that hunger when you have everything that you’ve ever wanted.

“While he’s been away, Khabib has been creating some hype and getting himself in a position to fight Conor. There are a lot of people who see Khabib as a serious threat, so I think that’s given Conor a push to step up and say, ‘Nah, mate, I’m the champ around here — you’re not on my level.’ I think Conor’s going to show Khabib who’s boss and put him back in his box.”

Back For A Challenge

Gallagher admits that McGregor has all the money he will ever need. That might cause most athletes to stop chasing top-level challenges, yet McGregor is apparently looking for just that.

MMA’s biggest-ever star has beaten every man the UFC put in front of him, Gallagher said, and he’s motivated to do it again against ‘The Eagle’:

“Conor could wipe his *** every morning with a €500 note and it would be just a drop in the ocean for him, so the real part of this he’s interested in is the challenge. You can buy all the cars and everything else, but you can’t buy a challenge like this. The thrill of competition is what is driving him,” he said.

“Conor has beaten everyone the UFC have put in front of him. He climbed to the top of a division and he won a belt, then he won another belt…he loves a challenge. People are saying that Khabib is the guy now and I know that Conor is thinking, ‘I’m going to show all of these people again’. He’s got a fire inside of him to show everyone who is the boss.”

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