CONOR MCGREGOR’s coach John Kavanagh has named six potential opponents the UFC superstar could face on his highly-anticipated return.
The Notorious has been pumping plenty of iron during his injury-enforced stint on the sidelines and left fans in awe of his stunning body transformation.
McGregor has been hitting the gym between his rehab sessions for his broken leg, which he snapped in his UFC 264 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier.
The Irishman's manager – Paradigm Sports Management chief Auddie Attar – recently revealed to SunSport his recovery is going faster than first anticipated.
McGregor is champing at the bit to get back inside the octagon and is eyeing an April return to sparring.
Now the Irishman’s coach has ramped up the excitement ahead of his comeback by discussing who his star pupil may battle.
Firstly Kavanagh told The MMA Hour their interest in a third fight with Nate Diaz, saying: “I’ll be honest, the Nate Diaz trilogy is very, very tempting. It’s a fight that gives me nightmares.
“The man doesn’t stop coming forward. Whether it’s three rounds or five rounds. But it’s an intriguing fight. So, that one is definitely very interesting.”
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He continued: “But also the Tony Ferguson one. It never happened. It was talked about a lot.
“Tony still has, I believe, a lot to offer the game. He’s a very unorthodox striker, grappler.
“I think the build-up would be fun for the fans. So, you know, any of those kind of legacy guys.”
However, those two are not the only men that McGregor is potentially eyeing up.
Kavanagh added: “Look, that division is killer. You know, Dan Hooker’s in there.
“The Islam (Makhachev) fight would be amazing as well, for obvious reasons.
“And we have, you know, whoever’s going to win this belt (Charles Oliveira or Dustin Poirier).
“So, you know, look, any of those names. I’m just excited to see Conor back.”
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