Whereas incumbent heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has leaked he’ll doubtless make his return at UFC 309 in November within the promotion’s comeback to Madison Sq. Backyard, undisputed welterweight kingpin, Leon Edwards is able to stack the primary card in a historic showdown with former two-division finest, Conor McGregor.
Edwards, the present undisputed welterweight gold holder, is himself slated to make his return at UFC 304 in late July, headlining the group’s return to Manchester in a rematch towards surging contender, Belal Muhammad.
As for McGregor, the previous undisputed featherweight and light-weight titleholder is about to return from an virtually three-year layoff at UFC 303 on the finish of subsequent month throughout Worldwide Combat Week, taking over Michael Chandler in a return to the welterweight restrict.
Conor McGregor provided title battle by Leon Edwards at UFC 309
And forward of UFC 304, Edwards has recommended that ought to he topple Muhammad, and McGregor beat Chandler, why don’t the pair function at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York – providing the Dubliner an opportunity to change into a first-ever three-weight champion within the promotion.
“That’d be good, that’d be good, you recognize,” Leon Edwards instructed MMA Preventing of a battle with Conor McGregor. “It might be good to present him the chance – yeah, 100%, why not? I really feel like let’s give him the chance to change into [a] three-division world champion, [and] give me a possibility to take out a man like Conor (McGregor). You recognize, New York – that will be good.”
“That’s the battle, you recognize,” Leon Edwards defined. “He goes on the market and takes out Michael (Chandler), I take out ‘No One Remembers His Identify’ and we’ll go from there. We’ll go to New York – MSG, let’s go. That’s the battle. That’s the battle, that’s the battle, I really feel. You recognize, two of us have enterprise to maintain. That’s the battle, that should occur. It ought to occur.”
Who would win in a possible title showdown: Leon Edwards or Conor McGregor?
