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Ben Davies

UFC legend claims Conor McGregor is not a featherweight great despite "crazy" run

UFC legend Michael Bisping has dismissed Conor McGregor being a featherweight great despite his previous reign as champion.

McGregor had an incredible run at featherweight spanning from 2014-16 where he tore through the 145lb division defeating the likes of Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway en-route to his title shot. The Irishman then recorded a sensational opening round stoppage of Jose Aldo to claim the title with just thirteen seconds gone to claim the title in spectacular style.

However Bisping believes the winner of Alexander Volkanovski's trilogy with Max Holloway will become the greatest featherweight of all-time. “If Volkanovski pulls it off, he will then be, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest featherweight that the UFC has ever seen,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “Of course, that was Jose Aldo, ‘The King of Rio’.

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