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MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz has offered Conor McGregor a title shot… even though he’s not the UFC matchmaker.
With UFC ‘BMF’ champ Jorge Masvidal keen to run things back with Nate Diaz, Kamaru Usman might be without an opponent.
Step in Conor McGregor.
That’s right — Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has offered ‘The Notorious’ a title shot against Usman, trying to goad McGregor into the matchup by promising a strict boxing/kickboxing match for the first two rounds.
It looks like #1 contender wants to fight Nate Diaz now . Good for him @TheNotoriousMMA hey you want a title shot ? Come to daddy @USMAN84kg will give you one and he promise first 2 rounds without takedowns only slaps
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) May 24, 2020
“It looks like #1 contender wants to fight Nate Diaz now. Good for him @TheNotoriousMMA hey you want a title shot ? Come to daddy @USMAN84kg will give you one and he promise first 2 rounds without takedowns only slaps,” Abdelaziz posted on Saturday.
McGregor has yet to respond but the former UFC two-division champ is currently without an opponent. The Irishman has stated his interest in becoming the UFC’s first-ever three-weight champ but, make no mistake about it, McGregor would be massively undersized against ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’.
McGregor hasn’t fought since his 40-second TKO stoppage of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 but is eager to get back in the cage as soon as possible, recently calling for a title bout versus newly-crowned interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje.
Usman, 33, last fought at UFC 245, where he earned a fifth-round TKO over Colby Covington to retain his welterweight title. The bout was widely considered one of the best title fights of 2019.