Former UFC light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier believes that Conor McGregor should face current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in his comeback fight.
McGregor has not fought since suffering a broken leg in a loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, but he returned to the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (Usada) testing pool on Sunday 8 October. A controversial saga between the UFC and Usada has led to the end of their working relationship, however, meaning the 35-year-old McGregor could seemingly return as early as January.
