Trying to figure out when Conor McGregor will return to the octagon and against whom? Good luck with that. There’s always endless speculation these days.
While he remains suspended until April 6 for his role in the infamous UFC 229 brawl, McGregor has been active on Twitter, letting us all know that he’s watching fights on a regular basis. This is how the talk of McGregor fighting Donald Cerrone started. After Cerrone’s win over Alexander Hernandez in January, McGregor congratulated “Cowboy” and flat-out said “I’ll fight you.”
And yet, here were are almost two months later, and it appears that matchup could be fading away. So what could be next for McGregor? Well, let’s run down the line of possibilities.
- There’s Cerrone.
- There’s a title-fight rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov, which it’s hard to know for sure if Nurmagomedov would entertain or not. McGregor, it appears, definitely wants that.
- There’s Tony Ferguson, the rightful No. 1 lightweight contender, who recently went back and forth with McGregor on Twitter.
- And there’s also a Nate Diaz trilogy, which McGregor has said before that he will make happen – though, we just don’t know when.
For our latest Daily Debate, we asked: Of those four matchups, which one intrigues you the most? Here are the results (via Twitter), and they were close:
To hear the MMAjunkie Radio crew, as well as guest co-host Eric Nicksick of Xtreme Couture, weigh in on the topic, watch the video above.
For more on the UFC’s upcoming schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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