Who Will Conor Mcgregor Fight Next
LAS VEGAS – As soon as Conor McGregor defeated Donald Cerrone in swift fashion at UFC 246 on Saturday night, the speculation began.
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Who will McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) face next? Jorge Masvidal? Khabib Nurmagomedov? Kamaru Usman?
Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal. Potentially one of the most exciting potential matchups for Conor. Conor McGregor faces Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257. The pay-per-view fight card takes palace in Abu Dhabi on January 23 and streak on ESPN+ pay-per-view. By Trent Reinsmith Contributor. Conor McGregor has all but confirmed his next fight will be a trilogy showdown with Dustin Poirier – and he is buzzing for it. The Notorious suffered a brutal second-round defeat to the American.
At the UFC 246 post-fight news conference, president Dana White made it clear which option he plans on pursuing next. He wants the rematch.
“When you look at what makes sense, we’re at a place right now where Conor was saying going into the Khabib fight (at UFC 229) – he had lot of personal stuff,” White said. “Some stuff (was) self-inflicted. He had injuries. He had all these things going on. He has been obsessed with getting that rematch because he knows he wasn’t 100 percent, right?
“When you look at this for Khabib, Khabib is 28-0. He’s undefeated. You start talking about this kid’s legacy. First of all, to go 28-0 in this sport? I don’t care who you’ve fought. It’s tough to do. Well, this guy is a world champion. After tonight, with how Khabib won the first time, and how famous Khabib has become since that first fight, we’re looking at Hagler-Hearns. We’re looking at Ali-Foreman (or) Ali-Frazier. This is a massive fight with global appeal. It’s the fight you make.”
A matchup between McGregor and Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) would mean Jorge Masvidal wouldn’t get his shot at the Irish superstar. While White acknowledged the interest from the respective parties, he thinks a title fight is key when it comes to McGregor’s next bout.
“If Conor and Masvidal fight, neither one of them even have the title,” White said. “Although Conor does want his ‘BMF’ title, (Masvidal) doesn’t have a world championship. Khabib is the fight to make.”
In recent weeks, McGregor has commented how he’d like to rematch Nurmagomedov in hostile territory. He’s expressed interest in a second fight with the current lightweight champ in his backyard of Moscow. But no way, said White, who listed viable potential cities.
“Nope,” White said. “It ain’t happening in Moscow. … Why do you think it’s not going to happen in Moscow? There are many, many reasons why it won’t happen in Moscow. When I just rattled off the places we could make it, those are the places that make sense. You could either do it in the U.K.; New York City; Dallas, Texas stadium; the stadium (in Las Vegas); T-Mobile (Arena) – those are all the places that make sense.
“Realistically, Vegas is always the place that makes the most sense when you have a massive fight. Unfortunately, Khabib is not a big Vegas fan after what happened to him last time. I don’t know.”
Before logistics for McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov 2 are configured, the Russian champion takes on Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 249 in Brooklyn, N.Y., in April.
McGregor has said he doesn’t expect the fight to happen. It has been booked four previous times, and each fighter has pulled out twice each.
UFC 246 took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
The Notorious Conor McGregor is the UFC’s latest and greatest star. Because of this, fans wonder about his next fight. Although the 31-year-old has a deep love for the sport, he’s also interested in fights that will make him the most money. So, McGregor’s next fight will not only have to be competitive; it’ll have to make sense for his bank account. Here are some likely opponents who meet both of those criteria:
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Despite the fact that McGregor’s fight with Nurmagomedov made the UFC the most money ever, a rematch is not very likely. That’s because Nurmagomedov dominated and finished McGregor in their fight, and there’s little reason to expect McGregor would do any better in a rematch.
However, due to the infamous post-fight brawl in the octagon, there’s still bad blood between the two men. With millions of dollars on the line, a rematch may still happen. Indeed, McGregor has continued to tweet about their first fight and how he’d do in a rematch. The groundwork for one is there.
Jorge Masvidal
Coming off of his record-breaking, five-second, flying-knee knockout of Ben Askren, Masvidal called out McGregor to fight. This striker’s roots are in the backyard fighting scene of Florida. So a McGregor-versus-Masvidal fight would likely be kept standing, an area both men are comfortable with.
Who Will Conor Mcgregor Fight Next
However, UFC President Dana White shot down the fight, saying, among other things, that Masvidal is too big for McGregor. White later said his comments made McGregor angry since he’d fought and beat bigger men in order to become the UFC’s first two-weight class champion.
Furthermore, with Colby Covington’s victory at UFC Newark, White has said Covington will receive the next title shot at 170 lb. White later said Masvidal will get a new opponent, though he failed to elaborate on who. So for now, a McGregor vs. Masvidal fight is still very possible.
Nate Diaz
After surprising everyone and handing Conor McGregor his first UFC loss in 2016, the rivalry between these two men has generated millions of dollars. McGregor defeated Diaz by majority decision later in the year and then went on to become the first two-weight class champion. Fans have speculated over a trilogy fight for years.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t materialized as Diaz refused to fight anyone who wasn’t going to make him a lot of money and McGregor went on to box with Floyd Mayweather. Diaz finally has a fight, however, scheduled for UFC 241 against Anthony Pettis, the former lightweight champion. If he beats Pettis, then fans will expect him to call out McGregor as he did years ago.
This trilogy fight would make a lot of sense as Diaz is someone McGregor knows he can beat. With the millions of dollars they both earned from their first two fights, a third one would be both exciting and profitable.
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Paulie Malignaggi
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Paulie Malignaggi is the only potential boxer whom McGregor may fight in the future because there’s already been beef between the two men. It all started when McGregor hired Malignaggi, a former world champion boxer, to train with him in preparation for his fight with Mayweather. McGregor claims to have knocked out Malignaggi in sparring. Malignaggi took offense to those claims.
McGregor released photos of their sparring session, which included pictures of Malignaggi apparently being knocked down by McGregor’s hands. Malignaggi later fought and lost to McGregor’s friend and accountant, Artem Lobov, in a bare-knuckle boxing match.
To finally settle their beef, a boxing match between the two could work. Plus, with the UFC preparing to launch their boxing division later this year, an inaugural McGregor-versus-Malignaggi fight would make a lot of sense and a lot of money as well.