With his win over Dan Hardy in last nights co-main event of UFC 120, UFC welterweight and former WEC champ, Carlos Condit showed the world that he’s one of the top contenders in the division.
Condit is a member of Greg Jackson’s camp along with current welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. And even though both mean are teammates, Condit would be willing to take a shot at the title if the opportunity presented itself.
Speaking of GSP, the soft-spoken Condit surprised a few people by reiterating a point that went ignored earlier this week; that he would fight his teammate if the UFC approached him with a title opportunity.
“We haven’t discussed it very much,” he said, “but I think it would be foolish of me to turn down an opportunity like that.”
To that, UFC president Dana White broke into applause.
Of course, that’s probably in the future, and Condit himself admitted it was really too early to worry about the possibility, targeting the winner of next week’s Martin Kampmann-Jake Shields fight as a possible next opponent.
With Saturday’s win, Condit has shown that he possesses the ability to take on the best in the division and win, so another win could certainly earn him that title shot.
HT: MMAFighting.com