Despite stressing how former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor does not deserve to compete for Octagon gold in the near future, current undisputed UFC lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev claims he would entertain a title defense against the Dubliner next.
Makhachev, the current undisputed lightweight champion, made his first successful defense of the 155lbs throne last month atop a UFC 284 pay-per-view card in Perth, Australia – defeating undisputed featherweight best, Alexander Volkanovski.
As for McGregor, the former lightweight and featherweight champion headlined UFC 264 back in July 2021 most recently, fracturing his left tibia and fibula in a doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Dustin Poirier.