Conor McGregor said that the recovery came here with Dustin Poirier his victory was almost sure, many people thought that with this match, McGregor was forced to win otherwise his career would be downhill.
Since returning to play after the “billion -dollar match” with Floyd Mayweather boxing legend, McGregor is losing 2 matches against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Poirier and has only won one match against the name Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone.
The winner in the match of Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 3 will win a Lightweight weighing stretch with the current champion Charles Oliveira. McGregor needs more efforts, need to change the game to win against Dustin Poirier otherwise he will be left behind.
According to Forbes magazine, Conor McGregor is the richest athlete in the world in 2020. McGregor has made a lot of money from the income outside the competition, so McGregor may not need to play any more and still have a rich life, especially when McGregor welcomes the third son Rian McGregor.
Here are a few options of McGregor if the adverse results before Poirier.
1. Play with Nate Diaz
Both Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are names that are loved by many fans. These two enemies had twice encountered in 2018 at UFC 196 and UFC 202. In UFC 196, McGregor had to surrender Diaz in the second half. To UFC 202, McGregor successfully revenge Diaz in 5 rounds with a victory calculated by scoring.
It could not help but wonder when Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 3 was one of the matches that were most expected by audiences all over the world.
2. Compared with Jake Paul
YouTube star Jake Paul has been quite tough when challenging McGregor during the past 8 months since the victory over the anonymous puncher Nate Robinson in November last year.
This match of course can occur in boxing, despite the large difference in weight holding two boxers. A similar match has been paid special attention by the world public opinion that the match between Logan Paul and the legendary Floyd Mayweather.
Jake Paul believes that from what he saw McGregor on the boxing arena, Jake believed that he had all the skills necessary to defeat the Irish fist. It is reported that sponsors are willing to pay the former UFC champion of two -million USD to the upper station with Jake Paul.
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As we all know, Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from MMA many times but has never been real. And if this time McGregor announced he would retire after the match against Poirier, then we didn't know which way.
McGregor, as mentioned above, is the richest athlete in the world. He sold all his shares at his whiskey, “Proper 12” with the amount of $ 600 million, this is considered the most loud mission of this boxer. Currently, he still owns a corporation and a number of other businesses.
McGregor absolutely did not need to play anymore after the match against Poirier, but McGregor had previously said that he would never give up this sport completely.
4. Switch to WWE Prize
The door is always open for Conor McGregor to the WWE tournament whenever he wants.
Tyson Fury has moved to the WWE tournament, the former opponent of McGregor, Floyd Mayweather also moved to WWE and Ronda Rousey that made his name on WWE's wrestling floor.
There are a number of famous names in MMA village who are now active for WWE at the moment, former boxer Matt Riddle is currently participating in the RAW program and commentator Jimmy Smith signed a contract with WWE and is commenting on this tournament.
5. Switch to boxing competition
This is probably the most feasible direction for McGregor, a match against Manny Pacquiao is still open with McGregor after playing with Poirier, Manny Pacquiao is about to be up to Errol Spence in August.
The Irish puncher is said to be ready for the Pacquiao match before the Cover-19 epidemic broke out, but this match has not been held and fans are looking forward to the match between these two big names after McGregor vs Poirier 3 match.