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07th Oct 2018

The UFC promo for the Conor/Khabib fight is just phenomenal

Paul Moore

Conor Khabib

This sets the mood perfectly.

When you think of John Malkovich, it’s very likely that Con Air is going to be the first thing that pops into your head and while nothing can ever top his performance as Cyrus ‘The Virus’ Grissom, fight fans might have a new favourite piece of footage which features the beloved actor.

Conor McGregor will be looking to put the bunny lightweight title back in the box when he takes on Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 but in order to do so, he’s going to have to stop one of the most dominant fighters in the division.

As he stated again on Conan, McGregor never felt like he relinquished his title – despite the fact that he was obligated to give it up – but if the Dubliner is going to reclaim what’s his, he’ll have to go through one hell of a fighter.

All the smacktalk is done because we’re only a few hours away from one of the most eagerly-anticipated fights of the year and to set the mood,  Malkovich narrated this stunning promo that will get you in the mood.

There can only be on king and here’s hoping that it’s Dublin, not Dagestan, that will be celebrating in a few hours time.

In terms of building adrenaline and setting the tone, this is perfect.

In fact, they just played this promo at the T-Mobile Arena and the roof nearly came off.

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