Daniel Cormier pitches Super Lightweight division, new UFC title for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler

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Lastly, Conor McGregor’s return is official. The Irish famous person has been away for almost three years now, however he’ll be again within the cage reverse Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29, 2024. Chandler waited an terrible longtime for the match up, and his endurance is lastly paying off.

Maybe it ends in a golden title too?

UFC coloration commentator Daniel Cormier is in favor of including some further taste to the match up. It’s uncommon to see a pay-per-view (PPV) headliner and not using a title on the road — that’s how the BMF belt turned a factor! — however Cormier feels that is the proper second for UFC to introduce the much-talked about and long-awaited 165-pound weight class, which he’s dubbing “Tremendous Light-weight.” In line with “DC,” McGregor is the proper star, and Chandler is the best opponent on the proper time for such a landmark change.

“Right here’s my thought course of, proper? When it comes right down to championship alternatives, I’ve stated this time and time once more — a number of occasions it comes right down to being on the proper place, on the proper time,” Cormier stated Good Man / Dangerous Man (through MMAFighting).

“Even going again to me, that they had no intent of giving me my first championship alternative [in 2015]. However then Alexander Gustafsson received damage, they referred to as me in, I stepped in. I by no means left the title image after as a result of I used to be dependable. They may all the time name me and say, ‘Hey, do you need to combat this man for the belt?’ It was additionally the identical approach with Dustin Poirier proper now, we see it taking place [at UFC 302], the place, if you happen to’re in the best place on the proper time underneath the best circumstances, generally it occurs sooner.

“I imagine that in the event that they’re going to do a 165-pound division, it ought to have a reputation connected to the burden class that’s so huge that it attracts individuals’s consideration,” Cormier continued. “Conor McGregor being that title. Michael Chandler, then again, will profit from being in the best place on the proper time, the place these guys would then combat for the tremendous light-weight championship of the world, as a result of that’s what I imagine it’s. As a result of it’s solely 10 kilos heavier than 155, so let’s name it the tremendous light-weight division. Transfer 170 to 175, transfer 185 to 195, hold 205, [keep] heavyweight.”

Transferring Middleweight to 185-pounds is an uncommon twist, however that is hardly the primary time an 165-pound division has been proposed. Being that Light-weight and Welterweight are two of the deepest divisions within the sport, it’s cheap {that a} three-way cut up could possibly be launched with out hurting the depth too severely.

One top-ranked Light-weight contender says it’s taking place!

Sadly, UFC CEO Dana White stated years in the past that it’s not taking place whereas he’s in cost. Maybe sufficient time has handed to shift his opinion? A Conor McGregor triple champ second would promote a number of pay-per-views, in any case.

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