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Nobody truly knows what´s up between Conor and Floyd...
What we do know is there would be a lot of money involved and these kind of deals usually take a long time to happen. I just don´t see Conor back inside the octagon within the next 6 months or so, risking getting exposed and losing that huge opportunity while the Floyd fight talks are still on. The truth is he won´t do a thing until that deal is totally on or off, IMO.
So, who´s gonna be fighting the winner of Tony and Khabib???
Well, the only top ten who´s close to a TS is Barboza who´s fighting Dariush in Brazil on the 11th of march. I think he should get his chance, if Conor doesn´t come back to defend.
Apart from Barboza there simply aren´t many options.... nobody in the top 10 who really deserves a TS.
One crazy alternative in these new UFConor times, would be to give Aldo (if he beats Max) his shot at the LW champ, especially if Khabib is the winner. The ufc would love to see Aldo (who has the best tdd on the planet) stop khabib and make Conor´s life "easier" on his way back, while setting up that long awaited rematch at the same time (and Aldo would become the goat if he ever made it that far, beating Khabib or Tony and then Conor in a rematch)...
So, the question remains: If Conor doesn´t fight the winner of Khabib vs Tony, who should be next?
What we do know is there would be a lot of money involved and these kind of deals usually take a long time to happen. I just don´t see Conor back inside the octagon within the next 6 months or so, risking getting exposed and losing that huge opportunity while the Floyd fight talks are still on. The truth is he won´t do a thing until that deal is totally on or off, IMO.
So, who´s gonna be fighting the winner of Tony and Khabib???
Well, the only top ten who´s close to a TS is Barboza who´s fighting Dariush in Brazil on the 11th of march. I think he should get his chance, if Conor doesn´t come back to defend.
Apart from Barboza there simply aren´t many options.... nobody in the top 10 who really deserves a TS.
One crazy alternative in these new UFConor times, would be to give Aldo (if he beats Max) his shot at the LW champ, especially if Khabib is the winner. The ufc would love to see Aldo (who has the best tdd on the planet) stop khabib and make Conor´s life "easier" on his way back, while setting up that long awaited rematch at the same time (and Aldo would become the goat if he ever made it that far, beating Khabib or Tony and then Conor in a rematch)...
So, the question remains: If Conor doesn´t fight the winner of Khabib vs Tony, who should be next?