McGregor stellar win made him the UFC’s biggest star especially after Ronda Rousey ended her remarkable reign as the UFC women’s bantamweight champion.
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For his part, Edgar was hoping to get the nod as McGregor’s next opponent, possibly at UFC 198, which will take place on April 23, 2016.
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McGregor had predicted he would beat Aldo in the first round in the build-up to the fight. With his stake expected to rise even higher, the 27-year-old fighter did not forget to thank his fans and family for the support. (Aldo) was now the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter on the roster, undefeated in 10 years, the company’s only featherweight champion. Of course, I want a rematch, I think I have that right.
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The answer was met with boos, as the crowd and Rogan took issue with Aldo’s apparent claim that it “was not really a fight”.
“I feel for Jose”, McGregor said after fight, via ESPN.com.
“I would like to go up and face that 155-pound strap, so we’ll see what’s next”.
“He’s powerful and he’s fast, but precision beats power and timing beats speed”, McGregor said.
“Nobody can take that left-hand shot”, he said.
“It still is too hard to digest”, the Brazilian great told Combate.
McGregor could fight on the inaugural card in NY on April 23 if mixed martial arts is legalised in the state before then.
It was promised in that match against Faber that Edgar will someday get a title shot and this time around, UFC CEO Dana White is willing to deliver but McGregor seems to be bent over to moving up weight to 155lbs.
“It wasn’t this time, but we will come out victorious, for sure”, he added.
If the popular Cerrone dethrones Dos Anjos, a Cerrone-McGregor fight would be big business – but a featherweight title fight with former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar would also be lucrative.
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Jones told Ariel Helwani, “Conor McGregor wrote to me, he said: ‘Hey champ, you know that once a champ, always a champ and I believe you’re going to come back from this strong.’ Just writing me words of encouragement”.
