UFC Lightweight Conor McGregor will not fight next until the beginning of 2022
Conor McGregor suffered a devastating ankle break against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. This was the Irishman’s first-ever back-to-back defeat in his career.
Following the defeat, he was slapped with a medical suspension of 6 months and will be able to return only on the second week of January 2022.
Although, McGregor is confident about bouncing back, and probably taking on Dustin Poirier once again (in a quadrilogy), experts suggest otherwise.
UFC Hall of Famer, Michael Bisping, had a name in mind for McGregor’s next opponent. While ‘The Count’ did doubt the mentality of McGregor once he recovers, Bisping stated that Nate Diaz should be the opponent the Irishman must be looking at.
Bisping said in his Believe You Me podcast:
“Hopefully, we see that fight. I’m not sure if he wants to come back, Conor I’m talking about, after what’s probably going to be about a year’s lay-off and fighting Dustin for the third time. You kind of want to get your whistle wet. Find your mojo, blow off that ring rust. Nate would be the guy. Then, if Conor beats Nate, then he fights Dustin, because, you know, they are going to do a fourth fight. The fourth fight will be absolutely massive, but I think if I was Conor’s manager, if I was advising him, I would say ‘take a tune-up fight’, you know what I mean?” (via BJPENN.com).
It is worth noting that McGregor and Bisping have been going back and forth on Twitter in recent times.
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have fought twice before
The scoreline in Nate Diaz-Conor McGregor currently reads 1-1. The pair first met at UFC 196 in March 2016, when Diaz stepped in on short notice and stunned the world.
McGregor exacted revenge in the rematch to win via. a narrow majority decision. Ever since then, talks of a trilogy bout between the two have been rife.
And now, it looks like the much-awaited bout might happen.
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