EVERYBODY wants to fight Conor McGregor – the queue is as deep as his pockets.
Whether in a ring, a cage or a farmyard barn, prize-fighting is the art of beating an opponent up for as much money as possible.
And the Dublin MMA icon is now the A-side in every bout, the one opponent who guarantees life-changing pay-per-view cheques and global coverage.
Floyd Mayweather is teasing a rematch under MMA rules – with the 50-0 legend claiming he can bank one billion dollars by crossing codes for a series of fights.
UFC kingpin Dana White wants The Notorious vs Khabib Nurmagomadov to headline the first show in combat sport-loving Russia.
And MMA renegade Nate Diaz wants to complete his trilogy with McGregor in a third battle to finally decide who is the baddest brawler in the game.
Owen Roddy – McGregor’s striking coach for 14 years and his first cornerman for August’s MayMac fight – insists that he knows how his star pupil wins all three of those mega-money bouts.
The 41-year-old Money Man will be old-manned in the octagon, the Stockton Slapper will not cope with McGregor at lightweight and the bear-wrestling grappler will get chinned sooner or later.
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Floyd Mayweather II
“Conor has earned a rematch with Mayweather in the cage.
“I don’t think it will happen because it takes a lot to go in the cage.
“Conor stepped out of his comfort zone and challenged the best of our time.
“It would be nice for Floyd to repay the favour but I do not see it happening and it would be man vs boy in there.
Nate Diaz III
“For me the Nate Diaz fight is the most exciting, the camps and the build-ups to a Diaz fight is insane.
“You know what you are going to get with those guys, they come to fight.
“If they can get it signed at lightweight then it will perhaps benefit Conor as he will not be carrying that extra weight, he would be quick and more nimble.
“I think he would have a lot more success at lightweight.
“I would love to see it but I just want to see Conor fight before the end of the year. Conor is the draw – no one else is.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
“There are pros and cons with every fight and Khabib comes in with this gruelling style, he wants to just hold you down and pound on you for five rounds.
“It’s tiring and exhausting but his stand-up is nowhere near the calibre of Conor’s.
“I always say to Conor that he has five whole rounds to catch him, the odds are stacked in his favour.
“It takes Conor less than a second to put a shot on someone’s chin and he has potentially 25 minutes.
“The fact is he is going to land and 99 per cent of people cannot take that.”
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