Before the match, the 32 -year -old McGregor puncher with a style or provocation and Trash Talk vowed his opponent Dustin Poirier to be seriously injured and lying in a stretcher. But no one expected McGregor to be the one who had to lie in the stretcher when this fist suffered a trauma at the end of the first half. Before going to the radio with a stretcher, McGregor still calmly launched a series of provocations of Poirier and his wife, Jolie.
Despite being overwhelmed for nearly 5 minutes of the first half, many loyal fans of McGregor said that McGregor's failure was an unlucky situation, this puncher had opportunities to be able to knock-out of his opponent and their star deserved a fourth match with Poirier.
President Dana White seems to have the same opinion as McGregor fans that another match to delineate the final victory will be more reasonable.
“The battle has not ended. We cannot accept the ending match in the way it has happened. We will see the final results in another match. It is not known that Conor's situation but Poirier will work he needs to do until Conor is ready to fight again.” – White told MMA Junkie and reporters after the match at UFC 264.
Maybe Poirier and Oliveira will have a belt screen while McGregor is absent, waiting for recovery, and if Poirier won, it is likely that we will witness McGregor compete for the Lightweight Championship with Poirier.
However, if McGregor lost that match with Poirier, this fist would lose 3 consecutive matches, will this reputation of this puncher still have? UFC is not foolish to let their money attract money. So McGregor right now needs a victory, but which puncher at UFC will fight him? They may not want to risk McGregor with names like Dariush, Makhachev or Justin Gaethje when these punches are very stylish and bloody.
Veteran Tony Ferguson is a very interesting name, as well as McGregor, this fighter is having a career in decline. With the same aggression, this couple will surely create the same attraction of any other monumental matches.
Another name is Nate Diaz. With the downward performance shown in the defeat against Leon Edwards, Nate Diaz seemed to be the name to McGregor. The couple had previously encountered each other twice, they were also lurking to have a tribily battle with each other but there was no chance.
There are relatively many options for McGregor, but the biggest question now is whether this puncher is still bloody to return to the octagon cage. Design in form and successive failures will certainly make McGregor stand in front of the mirror and look back for him for a long time.