Ali Abdelaziz, the supervisor of Islam Makhachev says Conor McGregor wants to completely deal with preventing if he needs to battle for the light-weight title once more.
McGregor is scheduled to return to the Octagon on June 29 towards Michael Chandler at welterweight. Though there have been worries the battle could be off, as of proper now, the bout remains to be taking place.
Ought to McGregor get his hand raised, the Irishman would have huge fights searching for him. One attainable battle is Islam Makhachev and Abdelaziz says the light-weight champ wouldn’t say no to a McGregor battle.
“Conor may go there and knock out Chandler within the first spherical,” Abdelaziz advised Submission Radio. “And after that, he’s one of many largest stars within the sport. Like him or hate him, he’s. And if he tells the UFC, ‘Hey, I need a title shot, Islam need a title shot.’ That may be the subsequent title shot. Islam’s not gonna say no to this battle. It’s a giant battle, it’s a giant identify, it’s much more cash.
“The man’s a large star,” Abdelaziz continued. “I believe he’s a chunk of s—, however he’s a large star. You may’t take this away from him. With the historical past with Khabib, and with him and with Islam, will probably be over again. It’ll be over again and it’ll be one of many largest fights you can also make right this moment. One factor I find out about Dana White, he likes cash and he likes enterprise. That’s why the UFC is so massive proper now. You’ve got Dana, you could have Hunter [Campbell], you could have Sean [Shelby], you could have Mick [Maynard]. They’re nice minds, and so they placed on the largest fights that may promote probably the most pay-per-views. Why not? Completely. Hear, it’s very attainable.”
Conor McGregor enters the bout with Michael Chandler as a slight -102 underdog.
Ali Abdelaziz wonders if Conor McGregor is severe about preventing
With Conor McGregor being as wealthy as he’s, many have questioned if the need to coach and battle remains to be there. That can also be a query that Abdelaziz has as he wonders if McGregor is severe about preventing.
“However, , Conor has to get off the bottle and he has to depart the medicine alone and focus,” Abdelaziz mentioned. “And yeah, he’s positively… the man was a two-division champion, and he has expertise. However is the exhausting work now there or not there anymore? It’s a must to ask him this query.”
Conor McGregor hasn’t fought since July of 2021 when he broke his leg within the trilogy match towards Dustin Poirier.
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