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18th January 2021
06:37pm GMT

"I’d like to fight Al Iaquinta at some stage," McGregor declared. "I’d like to fight Al. I don’t know, I’d just like to fight him. I’d like to fight Al. He’s said a few things. I actually like Al. I think he’s a funny guy. He’s a real estate agent and all. I think that’s even funny in itself. He has his little team (Ray) Longo and those guys. I’d like to fight Al. "I’d like to fight them all to be honest. I don’t care. This is the thing with me and all these other guys. Wins and losses and all this, it means nothing to me. If you’re scheduled to fight a man and you’ve gone through build-up and there's history and all of this. A fight is a fight and fights must take place."[caption id="attachment_72503" align="aligncenter" width="650"]
Al Iaquinta pounds on Joe Lauzon in a lightweight bout during at UFC 183. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)[/caption]
Iaquinta is currently ranked 10th in the UFC's lightweight standings. He fought Nurmagomedov in April 2018 when Tony Ferguson pulled out of the bout with a knee injury. It was the event when Nurmagomedov won the interim lightweight belt that he then unified by beating McGregor.
Iaquinta is 1-3 in his last four fights but does have the honour of being the only man to go the distance with Nurmagomedov in the past three years.
Back in December 2018, when he defeated Kevin Lee and had a bit of wind in his sails, Iaquinta declared that McGregor should go through him if he wanted another crack at the title.
"I can beat anyone in the lightweight division," he proclaimed. "Conor tapped out. I took it like a man on a weeks' notice. He had all the time in the world to prepare and he wanted a way out. I'm the f***ing guy in this division."
If it is competition and activity McGregor is seeking in 2021, 'Raging Al' will be more than happy to oblige.
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