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Conor McGregor accepts a 'super-fight' challenge against Anderson Silva, a record-breaking UFC champion

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Conor McGregor has accepted a "super-fight" challenge against Anderson Silva, a record-breaking former UFC middleweight champion.
The prospective fight arrives days after McGregor, a comfortable lightweight, caused uproar on social media after saying he was tied as "the No.1 MMA goat" — short for "greatest of all time."
McGregor ranked Jon Jones as No.4, Georges St. Pierre as third, then placed himself alongside Silva, sparking great debate amongst his 8.1 million followers on Twitter.
It wasn't long before Silva saw the post, and challenged McGregor to a "super-fight" to be contested at 176.37-pounds, which is between the welterweight and middleweight limit.

"I have immense admiration for the great athlete that Conor is and I believe that a super-fight would go down in the history of the sport," Silva said Wednesday on Instagram.
"Neither of us need to prove anything to anyone," he added. "I believe that fans of the UFC and of this sport would like to watch this great martial arts spectacle. It would be fantastic to test my martial arts skills against him."
Hours later came McGregor's two-word response. "I accept," he said on Twitter.

McGregor has few other opponents

Last year, McGregor said he wanted to return to the UFC in 2020 with a bang, fighting three times in 12 months.

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