Amid links to a return to the Octagon next year in a welterweight fight against Michael Chandler, ex-two-weight champion, Conor McGregor has been backed to likely earn a title fight should be beat the veteran, by Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Bisping.
McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined from the Octagon since he headlined UFC 264 back in July 2021, fracturing his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Dustin Poirier.
Expected to make a return to the Octagon next year for the first time since his loss to the former interim champion, McGregor has been pegged to fight the above-mentioned former title challenger, Chandler at the welterweight limit – potentially at UFC 300 in April of next year.