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Ben Davies

Conor McGregor named in top three 'all-time' list by current UFC champion

Conor McGregor has been named among the top three fighters of all-time in the UFC by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.

McGregor is considered arguably the biggest superstar in the promotion's history having sold eight of the top-ten selling pay-per-views. However he has recorded just one victory in his last four outings in the octagon, and broke his leg during a second consecutive defeat by Dustin Poirier last year.

Despite his recent decline, UFC featherweight champion Volkanovski named McGregor alongside Georges St Pierre and teammate Israel Adesanya in his top-three. “McGregor’s going to obviously have to be in that conversation because you talk about being successful," Volkanovski told Man of Many when naming his top three UFC fighters ever. "Does he do some silly things sometimes? Is he a role model?

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