The new 145-pound king isn’t against either potential fight. Or an Aldo rematch, for that matter. But he’s got a major bone to pick with the idea of relinquishing the the belt he just won.
When UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor knockout out the arguably best pound for pound fighter in the sport in 13 seconds, the first reaction was stunned. Then screaming HOLY F@$%ING $#!^. Third was wondering who’s next.
At the post-fight press conference, UFC PR head Dave Sholler said UFC president Dana White said he could see McGregor stay at 145 pounds and defend his title vs. Frankie Edgar, or, vacate featherweight, and fight the winner of lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone, which takes place next week.
“I’ll tell you one thing that won’t be happening,”said McGregor, as transcribed by Dave Doyle for MMAFighting. “If I go up to that lightweight division, there’s no way in hell that I’m vacating my belt. That’s not happening. There will be a belt on one shoulder, and a belt on the other.”
However, Mystic Mac has other plans. Only two men have won the UFC championship in two divisions – BJ Penn and Randy Couture. McGregor plans to ascend to the rarest air – we wants to hold two belts at the same time.
“I understand why, previously, other fighters wouldn’t do it,” McGregor said. “But look how many fights I’ve had in the last year. I stay busy. I stay fresh. So when I go to lightweight and take that lightweight belt, I will stay the featherweight champion also. I will be a dual weight champion. There’s no going up and vacating. The belt will still be active because I am active.”
If McGregor keeps his featherweight belt and challenges the winner of RDA vs. Cowboy, it will be the first champion vs. champion fight in the UFC since welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre fought and defeated lightweight champ B.J. Penn, at UFC 94 on on January 31, 2009.
The UFC 94 poster is one of the best in the league’s history.
Imagine how a Conor vs. Cowboy or Conor vs. RDA poster would look …





