That’s according to fantasy matchmaker and former UFC champion Daniel Cormier.
Win or lose, Conor McGregor won’t be short on options after UFC 303.
That’s according to former two-division champion, Daniel Cormier, who is already matchmaking for “Notorious” ahead of the Irishman’s return against Michael Chandler in the UFC 303 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Assuming McGregor doesn’t retire (again) when the dust settles in “Sin City.”
“If he gets through Michael Chandler, I say give him a title fight,” Cormier said on his ESPN show “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Chael Sonnen (transcribed by MMA Junkie). “Put him in there with (Dustin) Poirier or (Islam) Makhachev on Mexican Independence Day or some time soon thereafter. If he loses, put him in there with Tony Ferguson. Tony Ferguson deserves to have that big platform the last time to see if he can go and do what he said he was going to do to Conor all of those times and so long ago.”
Makhachev will defend his lightweight title against Poirier at UFC 302 on June 1.
Beating Chandler at welterweight is not enough to warrant a lightweight title shot; however, McGregor is the biggest draw in all of mixed martial arts (MMA) so merit goes out the window when it comes to the 155-pound rankings (see the division Top 15 right here).
As for Ferguson, who was close to securing a “McNuggets” fight before his late-career collapse, he’s now 40 years old and coming off seven straight losses. That said, a defiant “El Cucuy” has no plans to retire from combat sports because he’s “barely hitting his prime.”
For the current UFC 303 fight card and PPV lineup click here.