{"id":389901,"date":"2022-05-27T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389901"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:26:18","slug":"daniel-cormier-plots-conor-mcgregors-ufc-return-fight-options-i-think-he-should-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/daniel-cormier-plots-conor-mcgregors-ufc-return-fight-options-i-think-he-should-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier Plots Conor McGregor&#8217;s UFC Return Fight Options: &#8220;I Think He Should Fight&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier weighed in on what\u2019s next for UFC megastar Conor McGregor upon his return. The Irishman hasn\u2019t competed since UFC 264 when he snapped his leg in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>Now that McGregor has been training extensively and is truly on the road to recovery, Cormier listed off two opponents who make sense for the Irishman. Per \u2018DC\u2019, McGregor should ideally face rival Nate Diaz and wrap up their trilogy fight.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor vs Diaz 3 will be a massive showcase considering that both men have won one fight apiece. Moreover, the fight is sure to be a box office success and will rake in a lucrative PPV buy rate once it is all said and done.<\/p>\n<h2>What lies ahead for Conor McGregor upon his return<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, I\u2019ve got two names. I know who he should fight, and I know who he probably will fight. \u201cWho he should fight is\u00a0Nate Diaz. They should complete this trilogy. It\u2019s a massive fight. Both guys are not necessarily in the title picture right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McGregor inc. \u2660\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLaD0QbO5T\">pic.twitter.com\/oLaD0QbO5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1527803493041438720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a fun fight. We\u2019ve seen it twice and both of them have delivered. I think it\u2019s evenly matched, so I think he should fight Nate Diaz.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Cormier was a proponent for McGregor to face Diaz to wrap up the trilogy, he was rather unsure whether that was the fight that would truly materialize. In fact, Daniel Cormier posited that a fight between Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor is a more likely booking.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Who I believe he will fight is Michael Chandler because Michael Chandler has taken the UFC by storm.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sign us up! \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>Who&#39;d be down to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeChandlerMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeChandlerMMA<\/a> \ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a>? \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIwaqEjqe1\">pic.twitter.com\/dIwaqEjqe1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufcontnt\/status\/1524465614458339329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis guy only had four fights (in the UFC so far). He has now had the greatest front-kick knockout of all time, he has knocked out Dan Hooker, fought for the championship, fought in a Fight of the Year fight against Justin Gaethje \u2013 so his resume is strong, his profile is strong and every single time he wins a fight, he jumps on that microphone and he makes a statement. And in his last fight, he made a statement that he\u2019s ready to fight Conor McGregor.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/05\/daniel-cormier-ufc-opinion-analysis-conor-mcgregor-next-fight-nate-diaz-michael-chandler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/sometimes-your-coaches-know-better-former-opponent-offers-tony-ferguson-valuable-advice\/\">\u201cSometimes Your Coaches Know Better\u201d- Former Opponent Offers Tony Ferguson Valuable Advice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both McGregor and Chandler have been outspoken about facing each other and they certainly bring intensity and action to their exchanges. It\u2019s almost a foregone conclusion that one of these men will be out cold on the canvas before the final bell rings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier weighed in on what\u2019s next for UFC megastar Conor McGregor upon his return. The Irishman hasn\u2019t competed since UFC 264 when he snapped his leg in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier. Now that McGregor has been training extensively and is truly on the road to recovery, Cormier listed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}