UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards thinks a title combat towards Conor McGregor could be huge.
Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) runs issues again with Belal Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) within the UFC 304 headliner July 27 in Manchester, England.
Former dual-champion McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns in a welterweight bout towards Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) within the UFC 303 essential occasion June 29 in Las Vegas.
If each are victorious, Edwards would like to arrange a mega combat with “The Infamous” in the direction of the tip of the 12 months.
“That will be good – one hundred pc. Why not?” Edwards mentioned about preventing McGregor on The MMA Hour. “Let’s give him the chance to change into a three-division world champion, give me the chance to take out a man like Conor McGregor. New York? That will be good.
“That’s the combat. He goes on the market and takes out Michael, I take out ‘No One Remembers His Title,’ and we’ll go from there. We’ll go to New York, MSG. Let’s go. That’s the combat, I really feel. , two of us have enterprise to care for. That’s the combat that should occur. It ought to occur.”
Edwards thinks McGregor might be an excessive amount of for Chandler.
“I believe he beats him,” Edwards mentioned. “In the event you watch them stylistically, I really feel like Conor is a really sharp shooter, like counter shooter, and Chandler performs off his aggression. He likes to entertain the group, attempt to scrap. He’s too small, as nicely. It’s going to be a very good combat, however I’m favoring Conor.”
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