Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Islam Makhachev admitted that he will fight Irish Conor McGregor. “Match TV”.
“Am I going to fight Conor? If he comes back and deserves it, wins 3-4 fights, yes. I won’t want this fight because I don’t think he deserves it. And I don’t even think he deserves it,” Makhachev said.
On October 21, Makhachev scored an early victory over Alex Volkanovski in the main fight of the evening at the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi. The Russian player defeated his opponent by knockout in the first round and defended his title for the second time. The previous meeting between them also ended in Makhachev’s victory. The Russian earned nearly $2 million by winning the tournament and now has 25 wins in 26 fights.
McGregor is a former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion.
34-year-old McGregor’s last fight was against American Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The meeting ended in the first round, as a result of which the Irishman suffered a broken leg.
Previously McGregor saidwhen he returned to the octagon.