UFC boss Dana White has said he is open to a title fight between Conor McGregor and Kamara Usman.
McGregor is stepping up his recovery from a broken leg suffered in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last July.
It has been noticeable how much the Dubliner has bulked up in the interim, and the 33-year-old has told that the welterweight title is on his mind.
“I believe versus Usman for the 170-pound title for my comeback is the one I’m eyeballing at the minute,” McGregor said.
“Now I haven’t really said that to no one to be honest, I’ve only been thinking that for the last couple of days because for what cut the weight?
"I’ve already won the 155-pound title, I got myself down to a lightweight frame, but I’m big now. I feel big, I feel strong, I feel healthy, I’ve got good energy. I’m coming back after a gruesome injury. I do not want to deplete myself, there should be no need to deplete myself.
“And I feel confident against Usman. A jab happy, sloppy, orthodox wrestler with no submissions whatsoever. What’s he gonna do? Where’s the danger here? I don’t see a danger with him.
"His ground-and-pound isn’t strong, plus he’s on the older side. And then plus the world is to be took again. The triple crown. No one’s ever obtained three knockouts in three weight divisions moving up like I have already, but no one’s ever obtained three UFC world titles cross three divisions like I will do also if we make this fight.”
Usman is the unbeaten king at Welterweight, with a 15-0 record and five consecutive defences of his UFC title.
McGregor, meanwhile, has not held a UFC title since 2018. But Dana White has not ruled out the match-up.
"Yeah, it's interesting, I hadn't heard that," said White when asked about setting up the fight.
"He's coming into Vegas, we're getting together and we're gonna talk. We'll see what's next... Any Conor fight is good money-wise."
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