Former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor, has his eyes on winning a belt in a third weight class as he wants to fight reigning UFC welterweight champ, Kamaru Usman, in his return fight later this year.
McGregor recently spoke with The Mac Life's Oscar Willis and discussed why he thinks his future could be at 170 pounds going forward, as well as why the Irishman is confident in his chances in a potential matchup against Usman.
“I believe versus Usman for the 170-pound title for my comeback is the one I’m eyeballing at the minute,” McGregor said (h/t MMA Fighting). “Now I haven’t really said that to no one to be honest, I’ve only been thinking that for the last couple of days because for what cut the weight? I’ve already won the 155-pound title, I got myself down to a lightweight frame, but I’m big now. I feel big, I feel strong, I feel healthy, I’ve got good energy. I’m coming back after a gruesome injury. I do not want to deplete myself, there should be no need to deplete myself, and I feel confident against Usman. A jab-happy, sloppy, orthodox wrestler with no submissions whatsoever. What’s he gonna do? Where’s the danger here? I don’t see a danger with him. His ground-and-pound isn’t strong, plus he’s on the older side. And then plus the world is to be took again. The triple crown. No one’s ever obtained three knockouts in three weight divisions moving up like I have already, but no one’s ever obtained three UFC world titles cross three divisions like I will do also if we make this fight. If I—Not if, when I knock Kamaru Usman out at 170, that will be three UFC world titles won moving upward with three knockouts. I knocked out [Jose] Aldo, I knocked out Alvarez, and I'll knock out Kamaru Usman. Three knockouts, three world titles, three weights goin’ up.”
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