Conor McGregor is a former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion. Besides, McGregor has often suggested that he’d like to capture the UFC welterweight title as well.
On that note, current UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman – who’s held the title since March 2019 – had challenged Conor McGregor to come fight him. However, that fight didn’t come to fruition. Speaking to TMZ Sports, Usman recalled the same and stated:
Furthermore, Kamaru Usman opined that Conor McGregor can return to his winning ways despite McGregor’s recent knockout loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257.
A fight between Kamaru Usman and Conor McGregor is unlikely to happen in 2021
The MMA world consensus is that a potential UFC welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman and Conor McGregor is unlikely to take place anytime soon. Both Usman and McGregor are expected to have busy schedules in the 2021 calendar year, albeit in the welterweight and lightweight divisions respectively.
Kamaru Usman’s next fight will witness him putting his UFC welterweight title on the line against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on February 13th, 2021.
On the other hand, Conor McGregor and his team have consistently asserted that they would like McGregor’s next fight to be the trilogy matchup against Dustin Poirier.
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