{"id":389918,"date":"2022-05-27T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389918"},"modified":"2022-05-27T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:04:49","slug":"beneil-dariush-lays-out-possible-opponents-for-ufc-megastar-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/beneil-dariush-lays-out-possible-opponents-for-ufc-megastar-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneil Dariush Lays Out Possible Opponents for UFC Megastar Conor McGregor: Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush shared his views on who should be next for megastar Conor McGregor in a recent interview with Helen Yee. Dariush was recently called as the \u2018biggest nobody in the company\u2019 by McGregor, who isn\u2019t impressed with Dariush\u2019s body of work thus far.<\/p>\n<p>However, Beneil Dariush\u2019s mind for the game was on full display when he played matchmaker for the Irishman. He listed off several opponents who made sense for McGregor, given his place in the rankings as well as the recent run. \u2018Notorious\u2019 hasn\u2019t won a fight since UFC 247 when he blasted Donald \u2018Cowboy\u2019 Cerrone in just 40 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/theyre-just-clowns-at-this-point-ufc-lightweight-contender-beneil-dariush-sounds-off-on-his-place-in-the-ufcs-rankings\/\">\u2018They\u2019re Just Clowns at this Point\u2019- UFC Lightweight Contender Beneil Dariush Sounds Off on His Place in the UFC\u2019s Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Beneil Dariush plots Conor McGregor\u2019s comeback trail<\/h2>\n<p>Dariush named Tony Ferguson as a prime opponent for McGregor, considering that \u2018El Cucuy\u2019 is on a skid of his own. Moreover, Rafael dos Anjos was also listed as a potential name for McGregor, since both men were once scheduled to face each other. \u2018RDA\u2019 and McGregor have gone back and forth in the media as well.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, to no one\u2019s surprise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Beneil-Dariush-56583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dariush<\/a> also put forth Nate Diaz as an option to face Conor McGregor given their shared history.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1788\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg.jpg 1788w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/mcg-1536x900.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1788px) 100vw, 1788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Guys who want to fight him that make sense, just based on his rankings I think Tony [Ferguson] makes sense. I think Rafa [Rafael dos Anjos] makes sense because I think Rafa is 7 and Conor is number 9. If he wants to fight Nate Diaz, that makes sense because obviously it&#8217;s going to be a big draw. These are the fights that make sense.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZCM25eDgOM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut for him to get a title shot or even a top 5 guy, it doesn&#8217;t make sense for me in terms of merit and competition, but I understand, in our business, money talks, and he the guy brings in numbers. I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll give him the title shot but they&#8217;ll give him just about any other fight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying that Conor McGregor has the pick of the pack in terms of lightweight opponents. Practically every fighter on the lightweight and welterweight roster would accept a fight against him, given the paycheck that comes with the booking. Only time will tell which side of the equation McGregor chooses to fall on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush shared his views on who should be next for megastar Conor McGregor in a recent interview with Helen Yee. Dariush was recently called as the \u2018biggest nobody in the company\u2019 by McGregor, who isn\u2019t impressed with Dariush\u2019s body of work thus far. However, Beneil Dariush\u2019s mind for the game was on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":386197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389918","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\/389918","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=389918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}