Conor McGregor Still Has Designs on Becoming a Three-Division UFC Champ

The first setback of Conor McGregor’s UFC career hasn’t lowered his long-term expectations. While the second-round submission loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 was a undoubtedly a bump in the road, the reigning featherweight king still wants to hold titles in multiple divisions before his career ends. And had Rafael dos Anjos not pulled out of his lightweight title defense against the Irishman, McGregor believes he would already be two-thirds of the way there. Instead, he fought Diaz at 170 pounds on March 5 and faded in the second round against a larger opponent, eventually succumbing to a rear-naked choke after his power punches didn’t have their desired effect. “I’m grateful that it happened the way it happened. But if dos Anjos hadn’t of p—ied out of that last fight, the shots I hit Nate with in the first eight, nine minutes of that contest would’ve KO’ed dos Anjos and that is it,” McGregor told media during a session at his gym on Friday. “I’d be sitting up here …

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