The UFC White House card was supposed to be the biggest UFC event of all time, but all eyes are on UFC 329 (aka International Fight Week).
Although nothing has officially been confirmed, it’s now widely rumored and believed that Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return as the UFC 329 headliner. Now that a date is targeted, the natural next question is who will be his opponent? Already, there have been hints towards Ian Garry and Jorge Masvidal, but the latest report reaches all the way back
to his second-ever UFC fight as a young, rising Featherweight talent.
Accord to Ariel Helwani, the current front runner to face McGregor is Max Holloway, who lost a decision to McGregor all the way back in August 2013. A whole 13 years later, “Blessed” might just be getting his shot at revenge.
“Max Holloway ain’t playing games,” Helwani explained of the current McGregor situation. “Front runner, Max Holloway. Conor McGregor, he’s confirming it right then and there [on social media]. There haven’t been any other rumors about his return. I think the UFC recognizes that they’ve gotta get the biggest star back. I think they’re gonna pay him better than they were talking to Jon Jones about, better than the Conor Benn number. People are going to be very excited about it, even Max said 170 [pounds].”
Helwani also added, “I saw Masvidal say the UFC wants him to come back and they have an idea who the opponent is. I saw people say, ‘Oh, he’s gotta be talking about Conor’ — he’s not talking about Conor. The Conor fight is not the one they’re talking about.”
Just recently, Holloway called for the McGregor rematch on social media, and he didn’t take a ton of damage in his recent loss to Charles Oliveira. The Hawaiian is ready to go, but is it an intriguing matchup given McGregor’s multiple years away from competition? At Welterweight, perhaps McGregor’s size advantage would help mitigate all of Holloway’s recent activity and success.
What say you Maniacs, is “Blessed” the correct foe for McGregor’s comeback?
