Conor McGregor is on the lookout for a new opponent, as UFC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone has admitted he's giving up on a fight with the Irishman.
The pair had been aiming to fight this Summer, but Cerrone has since taken a bout for this weekend with Al Iaquinta, and has admitted he is done chasing a big money bout with 'The Notorious.
Speaking with MMAJunkie.com, Cerrone said: "We were supposed to fight in April and then it got moved to July and I just thought 'nah, I'm not going to wait, let's go'.
"They were trying to figure out what to do with Al [Iaquinta], and I said I'd fight him, because I knew if I hadn't I'd still be waiting to fight Conor right now.
"I'll take [the fight with Conor McGregor] if it does come up, but if not I'll take whoever's next, but I love my job, I love fighting.
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"I'm not chasing him, the chase is over, the chase is done."
The current state of the Lightweight division makes a Conor McGregor comeback look difficult, with top contenders Al Iaquinta and Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone facing off on Saturday, Interim champion Dustin Poirier set to fight McGregor's suspended arch-rival Khabib Nurmagomeodov in September and Tony Ferguson deemed 'still not ready to go' by UFC president Dana White.
However, McGregor appears to have done a U-Turn on his abrupt retirement, telling a fan on Twitter: "I love it [fighting] dearly.
"If I am being honest with myself I don’t think I will ever be able to fully walk away from fighting. We are all fighters in this world and each of us will be fighting for the rest of our time here.
"So why not do it live on PPV baby? Pop a bottle!"
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