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Conor is the champion, to put some bloke who will get put to sleep by Conor as the champion just because a bunch of McGregor haters are getting a little ancy is stupid.

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Conor can do whatever the fook he wants to do...

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Conor is the champion, to put some bloke who will get put to sleep by Conor as the champion just because a bunch of McGregor haters are getting a little ancy is stupid.
In a world full of McGregor haters, we're just lucky to have you here as a voice of reason. :rolleyes:
 
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He should though.

Theres a gulf in the division with those top 3.
How do you know that? McGregor's only fought once at lightweight in the UFC and while he won the title in an impressive showing, he's largely untested at the weight class. He went life and death against Nate Diaz who has more than his share of lopsided losses in the UFC and I think there's more than a few guys at the weight class that could give him problems.
 

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He should though.

Theres a gulf in the division with those top 3.
It's the most popular weight division I think.

It is subjective though as to which weight class bats the deepest. Even if you take McGregor out of the LW division you still have the following names.....

Nurmagomedov
Ferguson
Barboza
Alvarez
Poirer
Diaz
Lee
Pettis
Laquinta
Gaethje
& may gain Holloway this year or next

That's a lot of tough competition.
 

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It's the most popular weight division I think.

It is subjective though as to which weight class bats the deepest. Even if you take McGregor out of the LW division you still have the following names.....

Nurmagomedov
Ferguson
Barboza
Alvarez
Poirer
Diaz
Lee
Pettis
Laquinta
Gaethje
& may gain Holloway this year or next

That's a lot of tough competition.
Sure its the best division in the UFC.

But theres a clear top 3 for mine. Well two champions, and Khabib who is undefeated.

You look down the list though, Poirer and Alvarez have been convincingly beaten by McGregor already, and Barboza beaten by the other two.

He would clearly get the shot.
 

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So Thug Rose has been booked for her first defense surprise suprise it’s against Joanna.

I don’t hate rematches but it seems to be the standard in the ufc now, champ loses they get first crack again regardless of how they lost. Personally I’d rather see thug fight someone else.
 

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Dana wants to avoid the shitstorm that happens if Conor is stripped then someone misses weight and the fight doesn't go ahead. If the fight goes ahead, it's for the real belt.
That makes sense. I was trying to figure out what his angle was this morning as a watched the press conference.
 

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Looks like the UFC are gonna allow having 2 undisputed light weight champions this year.

Conor vs Khabib/Tony

Champion vs Champion

Makes sense promotion wise but not the right call if this is what they are doing.
 
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