McGregor Wants A UFC Title Shot Against Kamaru Usman

Conor McGregor wants a fight with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, Megasportsarena.com reports

And so McGregor’s target has shifted from lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (or Justin Gaethje should he win at UFC 274) to Kamaru Usman who’s expected to defend his belt in a rematch with Leon Edwards this summer.

Unless, of course, McGregor gets his way.

“I believe myself vs. Usman for the 170-pound title for my comeback fight is the one I’m eyeballing at the minute,” McGregor said.

“I’ve gotten myself down to a lightweight frame, but I’m big now. I feel big, I feel strong, I feel healthy, I’ve got good energy. Coming back after a gruesome injury, I do not want to deplete myself. There’s no need to deplete myself. And I feel confident against Usman – a jab-happy, sloppy orthodox wrestler with no submissions whatsoever. What’s he gonna do? Where’s the danger here? I don’t see a danger with him.”

Aside from liking his chances against Usman, McGregor expressed a strong desire to make UFC history once again. When he knocked out Alvarez at UFC 205, then-featherweight champ McGregor became the first simultaneous two-division title holder in the promotion’s history. No UFC fighter ever has won championships across three divisions, something McGregor wants to achieve.

“The world will talk again (about) the triple crown,” McGregor said. “No one’s ever obtained three knockouts in three weight divisions moving up like I have already. But no one’s ever obtained three UFC world titles across three divisions like I will do also if we make this fight.”

He continued, “There’s history to be made. The game is to be shook up again. The triple crown has never been done. It’ll never be done in my lifetime. No one will do this in my lifetime. When I knock Kamaru Usman out at 170, that’ll be three UFC world titles won moving upward with three knockouts. I knocked out (Jose) Aldo, I knocked out Alvarez, and I’ll knock out Kamaru Usman. Three knockouts, three world titles, three weights going up.”

On paper, a McGregor title shot – in any weight class – doesn’t make sense as he’s lost three of his past four fights. Extend that further to 2016, and McGregor is 3-4 in past seven fights.