Daniel Cormier thinks Conor McGregor should fight for the title if the UFC introduced a 165-pound division. Often referred to as the super lightweight division, rumors recently emerged that the UFC is looking to add new weight classes – even though UFC CEO Dana White has dismissed that idea in the past. But if the rumors indeed are true, Cormier argues that the only way you can draw interest to a new division is by attaching a massive name like former dual-champion McGregor, which would garner interest. He thinks the UFC got it wrong when they introduced women’s featherweight, which appears to have dissolved after champion Amanda Nunes retired. “If you do 165, it has to be Conor,” Cormier said on his “Funky and the Champ” show with Ben Askren.
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