Ali Abdelaziz, the supervisor of Islam Makhachev says Conor McGregor wants to totally concentrate on preventing if he desires to struggle for the light-weight title once more.
McGregor is scheduled to return to the Octagon on June 29 in opposition to Michael Chandler at welterweight. Though there have been worries the struggle can be off, as of proper now, the bout continues to be occurring.
Ought to McGregor get his hand raised, the Irishman would have huge fights searching for him. One attainable struggle is Islam Makhachev and Abdelaziz says the light-weight champ wouldn’t say no to a McGregor struggle.
“Conor would possibly go there and knock out Chandler within the first spherical,” Abdelaziz informed Submission Radio. “And after that, he’s one of many greatest stars within the sport. Like him or hate him, he’s. And if he tells the UFC, ‘Hey, I desire a title shot, Islam desire a title shot.’ That may be the subsequent title shot. Islam’s not gonna say no to this struggle. It’s a giant struggle, it’s a giant title, it’s much more cash.
“The man’s an enormous star,” Abdelaziz continued. “I believe he’s a chunk of s—, however he’s an enormous star. You may’t take this away from him. With the historical past with Khabib, and with him and with Islam, will probably be once more. It’ll be once more and it’ll be one of many greatest fights you may make at present. One factor I find out about Dana White, he likes cash and he likes enterprise. That’s why the UFC is so huge proper now. You could have Dana, you might have Hunter [Campbell], you might have Sean [Shelby], you might have Mick [Maynard]. They’re nice minds, and so they placed on the largest fights that may promote essentially the most pay-per-views. Why not? Completely. Pay attention, it’s very attainable.”
Conor McGregor enters the bout with Michael Chandler as a slight -102 underdog.
Ali Abdelaziz wonders if Conor McGregor is severe about preventing
With Conor McGregor being as wealthy as he’s, many have questioned if the will to coach and struggle continues to be there. That can also be a query that Abdelaziz has as he wonders if McGregor is severe about preventing.
“However, , Conor has to get off the bottle and he has to depart the medicine alone and focus,” Abdelaziz mentioned. “And yeah, he’s positively… the man was a two-division champion, and he has expertise. However is the arduous work now there or not there anymore? It’s important to ask him this query.”
Conor McGregor hasn’t fought since July of 2021 when he broke his leg within the trilogy match in opposition to Dustin Poirier.
