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Gavin Quinn

Conor McGregor news: Watch youngster's brilliant Notorious impersonation

One youngster has gone viral for his brilliant impersonation of Conor McGregor - showing that he can walk and talk just like his hero.

The young fan, Malcolm Lathem, is seen in a video mimicking the Dubliner's famous ringwalk on the baseball field.

And after knocking one out of the park, he's seen dressed as McGregor - tattoos and all - lip-syncing some of his iconic lines with a tricolour draped over the shoulders.

And we good see that famous strut sooner than we think, Tony Ferguson is open to facing Conor McGregor instead of Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 249.

The undefeated lightweight champion has pulled out of his scheduled bout with Ferguson on April 18 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Explaining his decision, Nurmagomedov said: "Staying home in quarantine and reading the reaction of people to the situation around my fight, it turns out that the whole world should be in quarantine.

"Governments of all countries, famous people around the world urge people to follow all safety requirements in order to limit the spread of the disease, to save people, and Khabib is the only one relieved of all obligations and must demonstrate free will and train flying around the world, for the sake of fight?"

Khabib Nurmagomedov is due to take on Tony Ferguson next month (Zuffa LLC)

Ferguson has called for Nurmagomedov to be stripped of his title, claiming the Russian is "running scared".

He told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani : “He was in Abu Dhabi, he had his chance to be able to come back before the borders were closed in Russia. Decided to go back to Dagestan, did not finish his camp.

“The guy does not want to fight. He’s scared, he’s running. He should be stripped of his title.”

Ferguson added: “Bro, you have an obligation. You signed on the dotted line to represent your country. He ran. He did everything he could to avoid that ass-whooping.

“Nobody deserves that ass-whooping besides two people, ‘McNuggets’ and ‘Team Tiramisu’ – that’s Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov."

(Getty Images North America)

While Ferguson is interested in a fight with McGregor, he doesn't want to take on Justin Gaethje.

He said: “The dude’s [Gaethje] got a 4 and 2 record [in the UFC]. When all these things happened, when they stripped me of my belt – remember when I said it’s like a round-robin tournament?

“I had to fight everybody. I fought everybody that was in the top five. I knocked them all out or finished them in great fashion, and here we go, we’re back in the same spot. It’s like the UFC is trying to play keep away with me.”

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