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Talk of a super-fight between McGregor and the future UFC Hall of Famer first came to fruition when St-Pierre penned a new four-fight deal with the promotion in February.

It gathered further pace late last month when St-Pierre's team-mate Olivier Aubin-Mercier claimed the former two-time welterweight champion could call out McGregor if he wins his upcoming middleweight title fight with Michael Bisping, which takes headlines UFC 217 on November 4.

"I think what will be probable is that he will call out Conor after,” Aubin Mercier told TSN's Aaron Bronsteter. “That's what I would do.

"I think for the UFC, it's a really smart fight to do. It's a win-win for them. Well, win-win, kind of, for short term.

“If Georges wins then he's the biggest MMA fighter of all time. If Conor wins, he is too. If GSP wins, I don't think he's going to hold this against Conor."

A fight between McGregor and St-Pierre would undoubtedly be a huge pay-per-view event for the UFC, who have failed to replicate the success they had in 2016.

McGregor is open to the idea of locking horns with the legendary 170-pounder but is seemingly more concerned with defending his lightweight title.

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"It's another money fight, even though he's been retired," 'The Notorious' said at a Q&A session in Glasgow last month. "I don't know, I think he's going to get his ass whooped by Bisping. To be honest, I think it's a mistake for him to step in at that weight after so long out.

"It's another option, but again, like I said, I've done the money fight. I've actually done the pinnacle of the money fight, I fought for the Money Belt. The thing was called the Money Fight, the WBC Money Belt it was called.

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"So in my head now, I'm very interested to see this fight this weekend and see how the lightweight title picture pans out and correct that whole situation. That's where my thoughts are."

McGregor's comments on a potential fight with St-Pierre came shortly after he refused to rule out returning to the UFC by year's end.

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"There's a few options," he said. "I'm just going to put a few options out there and then see what bounces back. I could still fight at the end of the year."

"It's three months away. So I could fight at the end of the year. With Jr being born and it's his christening next month.

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"I'm just going to see what they come back to me with. They're waiting to hear I'm saying, I'm waiting to see what they say.

"We're kind of just in a waiting game."