DANA WHITE has announced the UFC are working on a blockbuster "super-fight", a revelation which has blown fans' minds.
MMA's top promotion is fast approaching its 300th pay-per-view show, which is set to take place in Las Vegas in April.
UFC matchmakers have been devising fights for the Sin City extravaganza – and cards up until the summer – for the last few months.
Those match-ups are set to be revealed in the coming weeks, although White has teased fans by announcing a mouthwatering fight is currently in the works.
During an appearance on the Full Send podcast, the UFC's president and newly-minted CEO said: "There is [a super-fight we can see happening within the next two years].
"We’re talking about one right now that just popped up a few days ago. I can't talk about it right now until we get everybody [on board]."
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Nelk Boy Kyle Foregard – who was hosting the podcast – immediately suggested the supposed "super-fight" would involve UFC poster boy Conor McGregor.
White, however, insists McGregor has nothing to do with the fight the UFC brass are currently working on.
The 54-year-old added: “Every fight that you would consider a super-fight would involve McGregor, but this one isn't.”
McGregor, 35, is still in contention to make his long-awaited return at UFC 300 against Michael Chandler – his rival coach on season 31 of the Ultimate Fighter.
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But White has seemingly suggested that Chandler – who has waited patiently on the sidelines for over a year – isn't guaranteed to welcome The Notorious back to the octagon.
The veteran promoter said: "100 per cent he fights next year. We'll see [who he fights, we'll see. The timing of when it goes down.
"The good thing for guys like Chandler, and there's a lot of s**t talk of fighter pay and all that other s**t, you don't see these guys hurrying up to fight.
"Jon Jones takes off for f***ing years, Chandler can hang out and wait for f***ing Conor.
"When you think about Chandler, Chandler was f***ing fighting in Bellator. Now, Chandler can just sit around and take his time and wait for Conor however long it takes.
"These guys are all in good positions where they can wait for the right time and right fight."
MMA fans were quick to chime in with their own prediction for the "super fight", with one saying: "Sean O'Malley vs. Gervonta Davis."
Another said: "Holloway vs Gaethje?"
And another said "100% the GSP/Diaz leak."
One remarked: "It’s MVP vs Holland, I bet."
Another chimed in: "Izzy vs Pereira at 205 or Nate Diaz vs Gaethje/Poirier."
Former two-division champion McGregor hasn't set foot inside the octagon since breaking his left leg in his Las Vegas trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier two-and-a-half years ago.
But the Irishman is itching to return, publicly pleading with the UFC last month by saying: "I've been kept from my living for almost three years now.
“Understand that. I came through what I came through. I’m sitting on an injury and a loss.
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"You hear what Alexander Volkanovski said? I relate. I must return to my way of living.
"This is my job. It’s beyond frustrating. … I just want the date. Give me the date, please. That’s it.”
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