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Last updated: 03/10/18 08:12
Conor McGregor takes on Khabib Nurmagomedov this weekend
The former UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis, thinks Conor McGregor is the legitimate leader of the 155-pound division before the Irish's standoff with Khabib Nurmagomedov this weekend. end.
McGregor did not defend the lightweight title that he had won in November 2016 by defeating Eddie Alvarez and was stripped of his honor earlier this year due to his inactivity.
The 30-year-old begins his comeback after almost two years in the octagon and faces the man who has supplanted him in the division.
Nurmagomedov won the vacant title with a dull point victory over his replacement Al Iaquinta in April, and Pettis pointed out that this posting was one of the reasons he was inviting McGregor to win the UFC victory. 229.
Anthony Pettis thinks that McGregor is the excellent performer at 155lb
While Pettis believes that Nurmagomedov is currently the best in the weight category, he told the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas: "I think Conor wins by knockout.
"We saw the last fight (from Nurmagomedov) against Al and we saw how he behaved.If he comes out like that against Conor, it's the wrong guy for who to do that.I am sure that He is motivated, I am sure that Conor is motivated but I'm choosing Conor.
"I think Conor's win over Eddie further consolidates him as the champion Khabib defeating Al Iaquinta, it's just facts.
"The belt is where it is, it had to do it for the company and move it forward, but if it stayed true to the game, then Conor would be the champion."
Pettis has been beaten five times in his last eight bouts, but could return to the lightweight category with a win over No. 2 Tony Ferguson in the co-feature at the T-Mobile Arena.
Nurmagomedov won the lightweight title in April
The American said: "I am fighting Tony Ferguson, a guy like that has made me wake up every day with motivation, it was good to get up and get motivated. me, it's a killer and I'm a killer so it's killing or being killed.
"I think my performance will send a message, I come to fight and it comes to fight so it's a great recipe for a great fight."
However, the 31-year-old, who ruled in super lightweight from August 2013 to March 2015, does not count on an immediate shot for the winner of Nurmagomedov-McGregor if he dispatch Ferguson.
He added, "Who knows, I think it's not a question of rankings, but of popularity, if I go out and kick Showtime, I get a picture of the title, it all depends on the nature. fans want to see fight. "
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