UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor will be keeping a close eye on the co-main event of “UFC 209” this weekend as Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov battle for the interim lightweight championship. UFC President Dana White has mentioned that upon returning to the octagon, McGregor will likely unify his gold with whoever walks out of “UFC 209” as champion.
McGregor’s camp made their prediction when John Kavanagh predicted that “The Eagle” walk out with the victory. However, he went on to explain why he believes Nurmagomedov is actually a better version of Georges St-Pierre. He told Submission Radio:
“My number one thing would be for Conor to fight MMA. That’s my number one thing. That’s my selfish No. 1, what I would like to see. Which opponent? I’ve said it before – the Nate [Diaz] rematch interests me a lot because it’s 1-1 and how the styles match up. Almost on a par with that, not much difference, will be the winner of Khabib [Nurmagomedov] and [Tony] Ferguson this weekend. I think Khabib does it, so I think Khabib will be the winner. So Khabib will be the match up out of that. Below that would be [Georges St-Pierre]. Purely because GSP was an incredible fighter. [I’m a] big fan of him, I’ve learned a lot from watching his fights, but it’s a long time since he’s fought and the game changes very, very quickly and I think Khabib is sort of like a better version of GSP. Although we don’t know, it’s hard to tell how GSP and Khabib would match up. But yeah, MMA-wise, Nate or almost on a par winner of Khabib/Ferguson.”
