Conor McGregor, sporting a black eye, claims he 'won the battle' and that the war with Khabib Nurmag

The Irish striker struggled with Nurmagomedov's takedown ability in the opening rounds, was dropped by a thudding right hand in the second round, and was eventually submitted when Nurmagomedov locked in a tight neck crank in the fourth round.

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It is, perhaps, because of this that McGregor has taken to social media to claim some kind of victory. On Twitter, he said: "We lost the match but won the battle."

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By adding the words "the war goes on," McGregor, who had a black eye in the photograph that accompanied the post, is heavily implying that this rivalry is not over.

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