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Conor McGregor Keeping His Eye On Everyone Including GSP & Tyron Woodley

McGregor is keeping a close eye on everyone that includes these two fighters.

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Conor McGregor keeping a close eye on the sport of MMA is something that he has done his entire career and that includes Georges St-Pierre and Tyron Woodley. The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion is not only looking to regain his 155-pound title but also looking at potentially going to another weight class.

The Names

That weight class would be at welterweight, which is ideal considering that there are two names that he could fight and they have made it known that they would accept if offered. Those fighters are current welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and former middleweight and welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

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McGregor made it known in an interview given to his own website, The Mac Life that he’s keeping an eye on them as well as the welterweight and lightweight divisions.

It should be noted that GSP has been working on trying to make it to lightweight in the time away from the Octagon since being out since last November. On the flip Side, Woodley is fresh off a title defense over Darren Till last month and is expected to fight Colby Covington when he’s cleared after undergoing surgery.

”I’m already mapping out what’s next in my head,” he said (H/T to MMAMania). “I know Dustin and Nate is competing. I know the 170 pound belt has also just been defended and I know Tyron, the current welterweight champion, is itching for that one. Like they all fookin’ are. I know Georges is in there test cutting to 155. I know everyone’s around looking for it. So I’m here and I’m ready so let’s see what happens. I’ve got my eye on everyone.”

The UFC 229 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Conor McGregor’s Coach: Khabib Can Be Hit, May Not Come Back

With newly-crowned dual-weight champion Conor McGregor reportedly out until May as he welcomes his first child into the world, all of MMA will have a few months to speculate over just whom “The Notorious” will fight next. Of course the usual suspects of longtime rival Nate Diaz and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley continue to appear

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Of course the usual suspects of longtime rival Nate Diaz and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley continue to appear in press clippings. That’s the fight that McGregor’s longtime striking coach Owen Roddy said he wants for his star pupil during an appearance on this week’s “The MMA Hour” (transcribed by MMA Mania):

“For me? Go up and go for three belts … maybe Woodley,” Roddy said. “But, [doing] Diaz again as well is another great one, because I think it’s what fans would want to see. They want to see something special again. [Doing] The Diaz fight again is special. The Woodley fight is special.”

But even with two guaranteed monumental bouts against Diaz and Woodley in the works, there is still the looming specter of undefeated Russian wrestler Khabib Nurmagomedov, who last seen brutally dismantling Michael Johnson at November 12’s UFC 205 – the card where McGregor halted Eddie Alvarez to make history.

“The Eagle,” his coach, his teammates, and even a retired MMA legend have been spouting off that McGregor is ducking Nurmagomedov, but Roddy gave his own perspective from a respectful angle of thoughtful fight analysis before questioning if the fight was big enough for “The Notorious”:

“You can’t really doubt Khabib at this stage now. “He’s a phenomenal grappler — a phenomenal wrestler — but I don’t know whether the excitement is there, you know? Obviously, for Conor, it’s about the pay-per-views … about the money. Whether Khabib will hit the pay-per-views for him, I don’t know, but he’s definitely there. He poses a different threat, so it would be good to try and work out the strikes that are going to land on him.

If the UFC’s biggest superstar is to finally sign on to fight Nurmagomedov, Roddy focused on the belief that aside from his world-class wrestling, “The Eagle” can be hit, as evident by his two most recent performances since returning from a long layoff due to injury:

“He can be hit as well, I will say that,” Roddy continued. “He got hit a bit [against Darrell Horcher] and the same again [against Michael Johnson]. I believe that if you give Conor a chance to land once, I don’t know whether people can come back from that. But, it would be definitely an interesting fight. They’re the three names I suppose: Khabib, Woodley — because it would be just insane — can you imagine the excitement of that? That would be crazy. And then, obviously, you can’t argue with the Nate fight again.”

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Tyron Woodley: I Just Don’t Think Conor McGregor Understands

As much of a spectacle it was for MMA to see Conor McGregor become the first concurrent two-weight class champion when he beat Eddie Alvarez at last weekend’s groundbreaking UFC 205 event from Madison Square Garden, McGregor could amazingly compete for a third UFC title in the not-so-distant future. “The Notorious” has been rumored to

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“The Notorious” has been rumored to possibly be headed for a welterweight championship fight with Tyron Woodley, who fought Stephen Thompson to a close majority draw in the UFC co-main event – and even loaned McGregor his belt when the Irish star called out for a second strap following his second round finish of Alvarez.

The fact that happened was surprising considering McGregor laid the groundwork for a fight with Woodley by calling him a “b****’ before the two got into a heated Twitter war of words. But at the post-fight press conference (via MMA Junkie) after his close bout with “Wonderboy,” Woodley addressed the looming issue of facing a longtime featherweight:

“To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 – ever in his life. I haven’t weighed 145 since my sophomore year of high school.”

While it may sound like Woodley believes it would be a mismatch even after McGregor beat Nate Diaz at welterweight at UFC 202, “The Chosen One” insisted that wasn’t the case:

“I’m not going to say that. Because he’s tall, he has long arms, he has good timing, and when you’ve got good timing like that, you can place place good punches. But I’m 100 percent positive he’s never been hit with the shots I’d hit him with.”

Woodley continued on to clear up how he feels he would dominate McGregor, and while knows it would be a massive fight were McGregor to fight for a third belt, he doesn’t think it’s a very beneficial match-up for him. Still, he wouldn’t let that stop it from happening if it came down to it:

“I just don’t think Conor understands the pressure I can put on him and the power I can put on him and all the different attacks. I think it’s good for media, but in general, man, I don’t know how I can win. If I beat him, everyone’s going to say I’m supposed to beat him and that he’s a former featherweight. And if I lose to him, we know what’s going to happen there. If he wants to fight, we can sign it right now. I’m good on the fight. I just don’t think it’s a good idea for him to fight me.”

Woodley makes some good points as usual; but it’s extremely tough to understand why a champion who just months ago was calling for a “money fight” with either Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz moments after he beat Robbie Lawler to win the title.

There’s no bigger money fight than McGregor – now or ever in the history of the UFC – so if Woodley believes he holds such significant advantages over the Irish “Double champ,” he’d be well-served to continue his Twitter beef and anything else with MMA’s most well-known competitor.

He may feel like he’s got nothing to win, but in truth, it’s simply a once-in-a-lifetime payday.

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Tyron Woodley: I Just Don’t Think Conor McGregor Understands

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“To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 – ever in his life. I haven’t weighed 145 since my sophomore year of high school.”

While it may sound like Woodley believes it would be a mismatch even after McGregor beat Nate Diaz at welterweight at UFC 202, “The Chosen One” insisted that wasn’t the case:

“I’m not going to say that. Because he’s tall, he has long arms, he has good timing, and when you’ve got good timing like that, you can place place good punches. But I’m 100 percent positive he’s never been hit with the shots I’d hit him with.”

“I just don’t think Conor understands the pressure I can put on him and the power I can put on him and all the different attacks. I think it’s good for media, but in general, man, I don’t know how I can win. If I beat him, everyone’s going to say I’m supposed to beat him and that he’s a former featherweight. And if I lose to him, we know what’s going to happen there. If he wants to fight, we can sign it right now. I’m good on the fight. I just don’t think it’s a good idea for him to fight me.”

He may feel like he’s got nothing to win, but in truth, it’s simply a once-in-a-lifetime payday.

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Joe Rogan: UFC Should Let Conor McGregor Fight Tyron Woodley

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After the madness of UFC 205, the dust is now starting to settle. Arguably the biggest UFC event of all-time, the New York debut could not have gone better. Following the highly disappointing UFC 200 card back in July, this weekend’s action was refreshing in its entirety. Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor headlined the stacked card at the MSG (Madison Square Garden), on an evening filled with all the highs and lows of an instant classic event. Fighting for his own piece of history in the main event, McGregor made an incredible statement.

‘The Notorious’ was simply on another level at UFC 205, and Alvarez looked lost in the octagon. Like he’d never been before, ‘The Silent Assassin’ was controlled and put down with hitman-like accuracy. Eventually crumpling Alvarez at the eight-minute mark, McGregor stamped his name in the history books with conviction. Now the first champion to ever hold simultaneous titles in the UFC, the doors for many potential fights are wide open.

Who’s Next?

Speaking during his most recent podcast series The Joe Rogan Experience, the popular color commentator discusses being live in NYC for McGregor vs. Alvarez:

“It was the biggest card we’ve ever put together. It’ll never be like that again, that was the last block of corruption standing in the way of the UFC in New York. The main event was almost bizarre, it’s almost bizarre the way he picked apart Eddie Alvarez. Like magical is almost the word I want to use. He touches motherf*ckers with that left hand.”

“The moment Eddie got hit, he was like ‘What the fuck?’ I just think Conor knew that he had him. He’s such a unique personality, but it’s also his style. He does a lot like what Wonderboy does, but with less kicks, but I think he does it better. It may be something he does with the focus of his shots, the precision. He’s hitting them in a surprise way, and he’s not telegraphing it at all. There’s no fat in his movements.”

All The Belts!

After their confrontations leading up to UFC 205, there’s been a lot of debate about Tyron Woodley vs. Conor McGregor. ‘The Chosen One’ retained his title with a thrilling majority draw in the UFC 205 co-main event, earning ‘fight of the night’ against Stephen Thompson. Rogan believes the UFC should allow McGregor the title shot in a third division:

“Let him try, I say they should let him try. I know what Woodley would say, he’d say ‘Let him try.” Do you know how big Tyron Woodley looks compared to Conor McGregor? He is jacked, he’s the most jacked dude, I think, other than Yoel Romero.”

Whether you love or hate him, it’s hard to argue against Conor McGregor’s vast influence on the UFC and MMA as a sport. Holding two belts, it’s conceivable he’ll try for another, but where will it all end? Will the UFC force McGregor to vacate or defend before a potential fight against Tyron Woodley?

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Quote: Third Belt Definitely Possible For Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor made history at this past weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205, knocking out Eddie Alvarez to become the first fighter in promotional history to hold two titles at one time. Now with a belt on each shoulder, the possibilities are endless for the brash Irishman, and he’s already touched on the idea of

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In fact, McGregor’s longtime striking coach Owen Roddy recently told our good friends at Submission Radio that winning a third title is a ‘possibility’:

“Yeah, who knows. I never rule anything out with Conor because he does special things all the time. Holding a third belt is definitely a possibility. We’ll just have to wait and see, I suppose,” Roddy said.

Given the fact that UFC President Dana White has said that McGregor will have to vacate one of his two titles, it’s hard to see him booking the “Notorious” in a fight for a third strap, but Roddy said that it’s ultimately up to McGregor on how the situation plays out:

“At the end of the day he’s got the featherweight belt, there’s talk of other belts. I suppose that’s completely down to Conor and whatever makes the most sense and whatever makes the most money. I’m sure that’s what he’ll go with. We’re all just trying to enjoy this evening. It’s never been done before and it’s a special moment, so we’re just gonna sit back and enjoy it.”

As far as his win over Alvarez goes, McGregor’s coach could only describe it as ‘unbelievable’:

“It’s unbelievable. Obviously Conor believed it and we believed it as well.”

“We’ve been saying all the time that he was there to be hit, and I’ve been around Conor for a while and I even said it to him before, I said, you’re gonna be able to hit him with everything, and he did. He did hit him with everything by far. It was the cleanest performance I’ve seen from Conor – until the next one. This is what happens all the time, you think you’ve reached the pinnacle with Conor, until he goes up again. So yeah, it’s unbelievable.”

No matter what lies ahead for McGregor, it’s unclear when he plans on returning to action, as he announced after UFC 205 that he is expecting to have a child next year. Roddy was also unsure what this meant in regards to the Irishman’s fighting career:

“I knew that he and Dee (Devlin) were obviously expecting a child for the past while. So obviously, that’s up to them. When and what they’re gonna do about it, I don’t really know, but it’s fantastic news. We’ll have a little McGregor coming early next year, so that’s gonna be cool.”

Who would you like to see the “Notorious” one fight next?

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