McGregor to lightweight divsion after Aldo fight
According to UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor, after he unifies the 145-pound title against Jose Aldo, he will move up to the lightweight division.
Only two fighters in UFC history have captured belts in multiple weight classes. One of those men is Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture, who managed to earn straps in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. The other fighter is B.J. Penn. The Prodigy won the welterweight title in 2004, and four years later earned lightweight belt.
No UFC fighter to date has held a belt in two different weight classes at the same time. Conor McGregor says he’s about to do just that.
McGregor spoke about his plans during a UFC 194 media lunch event earlier this week.
I feel like it’s almost set in stone — KO Jose and KO whoever holds that lightweight belt. And within the next two fights, I will be a two-weight world champion once again. But this time within the UFC.
The Notorious one claims UFC is interested in booking him against Donald Cowboy Cerrone if he defeats Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC Lightweight title when the two meet at UFC On FOX 17 on December 19th.
I think the brass wants that, McGregor said of a Cerrone bout. They said to me, if Cerrone wins they would do the lightweight fight. They would do the lightweight title fight. Because it wouldn’t be as big with dos Anjos. But really, the fight will decide what happens. If it’s a war, if it’s a great fight, then all of a sudden dos Anjos’ stock rises. I’m sure he’s gonna call me out.
Conor McGregor stated that once he unifies the UFC Featherweight title against Jose Aldo and once he beats Cerrone or Dos Anjos for the UFC Lightweight title, he will then look at the lay-of-the-land and decide which division has the best contenders to defend his titles against.
I would like to go from this fight to the lightweight fight and then decide what contenders are there in the lightweight division and the featherweight division.
