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Matt Brown: Conor McGregor deserves welterweight title shot more than Tyron Woodley

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may do the unfathomable and jump up two weight classes to challenge for the welterweight title, leap-frogging all current division contenders in the process.

Hey, it could happen.

That's according to Matt Brown, who claims a win for "Notorious" against Nate Diaz at this weekend's (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 pay-per-view (PPV) event could very well make that mind-boggling fantasy become a reality.

In fact, as "The Immortal" stated on The Great MMA Debate Podcast, it would make more sense to give Conor a shot at the 170-pound title with a victory, than it would if it was given to Tyron Woodley, the No.