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What's subsequent for Conor McGregor?
Conor McGregor’s shock superfight on Struggle Island was revealed this week throughout an look by UFC president Dana White on the “Menance and The Man” podcast. Throughout that present, White primarily admitted that the “one thing else attention-grabbing” the corporate may need in retailer for welterweight star Jorge Masvidal subsequent would possibly certainly be a superfight in opposition to McGregor for Masvidal’s BMF belt.
White stated, “there’s one other attention-grabbing struggle on the market for him proper now” and after being requested particularly about it being Masvidal defending his BMF title in opposition to McGregor on Struggle Island, White stated, “excellent level. That’s a chance too.”
Final week, White revealed to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that the corporate was “one thing else” for Masvidal as an alternative of the BMF champ’s assumed title shot in opposition to UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman coming subsequent.
Throughout his current podcast look on “Menance and The Man” White reiterated that time.
“The Usman struggle is the struggle that is sensible,” White stated. “It’s the struggle that should occur if Masvidal desires a title shot.
Nonetheless, McGregor vs. Masvidal could be a large struggle. In truth, the riveting matchup might break box-office data or no less than come near usurping McGregor’s UFC 229 struggle in opposition to Khabib Nurmagomedov because the best-selling UFC pay-per-view occasion ever.
“I feel Conor-Khabib is a large struggle,” White stated. “Conor in opposition to anyone is a large struggle. Tony [Ferguson] and Khabib, if that factor can occur it’s a large struggle.”
Regardless, it might make sense for Masvidal to hunt out the McGregor struggle over the title shot in opposition to Usman. He’ll earn more money dealing with McGregor than he would Masvidal and a win over the UFC’s largest celebrity might skyrocket Masvidal’s already massively profitable run over current years into one thing even nice than he ever imagined doable.
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