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UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 – Fights to make
- Updated: August 22, 2016
UFC 202 is in the books and it was an amazing event. As with any event this big, a lot of great fights means a lot of great narratives being built and a lot of interesting potential matches to make afterward; does McGregor return to 145? Does Nate Diaz go to 155? Does Donald Cerrone? Is everyone just dropping weight classes now? Lots to pick apart as we move forward.
As always, I’ll be following the Silva/Shelby rules as best I can. They’ve loosened up on the winners vs. winners/loseres vs. losers thing, but I’ll still use it as something of a guideline. Apart from that similarly tenured UFC fighters tend to get matched up together, as do similarly ranked fighters. So, let’s get to the potential bouts:
CONOR MCGREGOR: There are several options in front of Conor McGregor depending on the amount of leverage he can exert, the amount the UFC is willing to pay him, and the amount of interest fans have. The most likely and most sporting seems to be that he’ll drop back to featherweight and fight Jose Aldo again. Unfortunately for him, that seems to be the fight he’s least interested in. Otherwise, he could fight Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title, if the UFC will let him, or he could fight Nate Diaz again, down at lightweight. I’ll vote for the Aldo fight, just because I’d really like to see it again and this feels like the right time to make it. But, if McGregor wants to be difficult and push for another big super fight, I’ll be more than happy to watch that too.
NATE DIAZ: Assuming he’s not staying at 170, but instead heading down to 155, Diaz has a bunch of great options for big fights in front of him. Much of the old guard he came up fighting is gone. In their place are guys like Edson Barbaoza, Michael Chiesa, and Khabib Nurmagomedov (and a bunch of other good, booked fighters). He probably doesn’t duck right into a lightweight title shot, so I’m going to say that Nate Diaz should fight Edson Barboza. It’d be fun as hell, and it could be the kind of big flashy win that puts him in the crowded title picture right away.
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