A third title for Conor? “McGregor best option to introduce 165-pound division”

“The Notorious” Conor McGregor. Photo: USA Today Sports

Former two-division UFC champion, now commentator, Daniel Cormier thinks former two-division champion Conor McGregor is the perfect man to fight for the title if the UFC introduced a 165-pound division.

The 165-pound division is widely considered to be a necessary step between the 155-pound lightweight division and the 170-pound welterweight division, even though UFC CEO Dana White has dismissed the idea of a new division.

“If you do 165, it has to be Conor,” Cormier said on his “Funky and the Champ” show with Ben Askren.

“You’re introducing a new weight class – it has to mean something. You can’t have two normal fighters introducing the weight. Look, it didn’t work at 145 when they did it for the women. It ended up being two people, but if you recall, Germaine de Randamie fought Holly Holm for that championship in Brooklyn.”

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Is Conor McGregor worthy of a title fight?

It’s fair to claim that Conor McGregor hasn’t won an important UFC fight since defeating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title back in November 2016.

Since then he’s 1-3 with losses against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.

The Irishman has not fought since his trilogy bout in July 2021 against Poirier when he broke his leg.

“The greatest comeback of all time will take place in Las Vegas on International fight week on June 29,” McGregor said a few weeks back. “And the opponent – Michael Chandler.”

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