Daniel Cormier has mapped out Conor McGregor’s future after UFC 303 whether or not he wins or loses towards Michael Chandler.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns from an nearly three-year layoff in a welterweight bout towards Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) on June 29 in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). He not too long ago mentioned that he hopes to struggle 3 times in 2024.
If McGregor beats Chandler, Cormier desires to see the guy former UFC two-division champion proper again within the title image.
“If he will get by way of Michael Chandler, I say give him a title struggle,” Cormier mentioned on his ESPN present “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Chael Sonnen. “Put him in there with (Dustin) Poirier or (Islam) Makhachev on Mexican Independence Day or a while quickly thereafter. You don’t need to have him having an excessive amount of time.”
If McGregor falls quick towards Chandler, he might be on a three-fight shedding streak. Cormier thinks it might then be the proper time for McGregor to settle his beef with skidding Tony Ferguson.
“If he loses, put him in there with Tony Ferguson,” Cormier mentioned. “Tony Ferguson deserves to have that large platform the final time to see if he can go and do what he mentioned he was going to do to Conor all of these instances and so way back.”
One other rivalry Cormier desires to see settled is McGregor vs. Max Holloway, who’s coming off an iconic last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300. Holloway misplaced to McGregor in 2013 however was the one fighter to go the space with McGregor at featherweight.
“In December, let him do Max Holloway,” Cormier mentioned. “Let him and Max Holloway struggle. I need to see Conor McGregor-Max Holloway immediately versus after they have been kids. The primary time they fought, they have been children. I need to see Max Holloway get a possibility to proper that improper towards Conor McGregor, particularly if it’s the Max Holloway that we noticed struggle Justin Gaethje.”
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