Four Things Conor McGregor Needs To Become GOAT

Conor McGregor has accomplished a lot during his career as a professional mixed martial artist. He came out from basically being a fighter known only to a select few who have followed him throughout the years, to today the biggest MMA star in the world.

He has amassed a stellar 21-3 record which includes a whopping 18 wins by knockout with only three defeats. He is a winner of 17 out of his last 18 fights. The only person who has soundly beaten him since he became such a huge star is none other than Nate Diaz.

In the rematch months later, McGregor came back and took Diaz apart.

Now, he has recently accomplished what he set out to do since making his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage in 2013. With McGregor’s astoundingly quick knockout victory over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in New York, the Irishman has become a two-division world champion.

He has done something no one has ever done in the history of the UFC — and that is to hold two UFC titles simultaneously. The only other two division world champions, BJ Penn and Randy Couture, did not hold two belts at the same time.

Furthermore, McGregor has also possessed the flair and the uncanny ability to predict his fights correctly like a psychic, thus giving him the nickname “Mystic Mac”.

He has also built a solid fan following which includes not just his rabid legion of Irish fans, but also fans from different parts of the world.

There have been popular UFC fighters in history. From Tito Ortiz, to Anderson Silva, to “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell. But there has never been a fighter like Conor McGregor who has shatters UFC live gate and pay-per-view records after each and every fight.

He’s the highest paid fighter in UFC history, and he has completely changed the game like he said he would from the beginning. But is he the GOAT (a.k.a. The Greatest Of All Time)?

Let’s take a look at Four Things Conor McGregor Needs To Do To Become GOAT.

#1 Defend the UFC Featherweight Belt

Seriously, if McGregor’s next move has to be to defend the UFC 145-lb. title. If he intends on keeping both the featherweight and lightweight titles, McGregor has to start by defending the featherweight belt which has been on the shelf for nearly a year.

It’s unfair to all the hard-working featherweights on the roster, and it completely makes a mockery of that division.

If McGregor does decide to go this route, he will have a tough weight cut ahead of him. He just came down to lightweight at 155-lbs. from the welterweight limit of 170-lbs., which is a massive cut by the way. Cutting another 10-lbs. to make 145 would be a tremendous feat in and of itself.

If he can do that, it would certainly end up being another impressive feat. What’s more, McGregor needs to defend his belt against Jose Aldo, above all. Aldo threw one punch when he fought McGregor, and it was insignificant.

The first punch McGregor threw he slept him. 13 seconds was all it took, and as shocking as that was, nobody deserves a do-over more than Jose Aldo. Aldo has a solid fan-following who have been craving for a rematch with McGregor.

If McGregor can defend the featherweight belt, beat Aldo once again, and make the UFC allow him to remain a concurrent two-division champion, he will be one step closer to becoming the GOAT.

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