Henry Cejudo took a break from baiting Conor McGregor to make a recommendation for the Irishman’s UFC return. Although no official date has been announced for “The Notorious” to return to the Octagon, Conor’s fellow former two-division champion Henry Cejudo feels like he has a great opponent picked out. Cejudo took to his YouTube channel to make the case.
The first consideration is that McGregor is likely to come back at welterweight, which the Irish superstar confirmed recently on Twitter.
Cejudo: Masvidal is the Perfect Comeback Fight for McGregor
The obvious choice at welterweight is Jorge Masvidal, one of the few fighters on the UFC roster with a name anywhere near as big as Conor’s. ““This is a good fight for Conor McGregor.
Why? It’s because there’s really no grappling involved. You want guys that can strike and that want to strike and don’t want to grapple. And plus, Jorge Masvidal he hasn’t won a fight – I think he’s on a three- or four-fight losing streak? Something like that?
But I think Jorge Masvidal would be the best return for him, 170 pounds. They both have the mouthpiece. Just imagine how many pay-per-views they could sell.”
Both McGregor and Masvidal are primarily strikers with devastating knockout power. Both use some serious trash talk to sell their fights. Both have been outperformed regularly by opponents with elite wrestling. Curiously, despite his reputation as weak on the ground, Conor McGregor’s head coach, John Kavanagh, specialized in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but McGregor has not displayed much by way of ground fighting in his UFC career.
If Conor McGregor faced Jorge Masvidal, who fought for the welterweight title twice in the past couple of years, he might well get the chance to compete for UFC gold once again. Either Leon Edwards or Kamaru Usman is likely to hold the belt by the time McGregor could come for it.
“He’s earned it not though accolades, but he’s earned it through sales. He’s earned it through the numbers. I think Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards would welcome him. That would be their No. 1 pick, so the champ should also have a say, too.
At the end of the day, I wouldn’t be mad at it, but I kind of probably would be. I have mixed emotions, but at the same time, I feel like Conor has really earned his stripes. But it comes through sales.”
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