As of right now, Khan has no plans to step in either the boxing ring or the UFC octagon.
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On the other hand, Conor McGregor also lost his last fight against Nate Diaz.
If McGregor avenges his UFC 196 defeat to Diaz, a rubber match will be left hanging tantalisingly in the air, surrounded by dollar signs.
Even under MMA rules, which would allow takedowns and grappling, Khan thinks his superior boxing skills would win out. The Irish community is big over there. “I’ve been fighting all my life, so for me, I don’t think it’d be a problem for me to learn and switch over to the sport”.
But McGregor may not be headed back to the featherweight division anytime soon.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion Jose Aldo is now the interim titleholder, thanks to a convincing unanimous decision win over Frankie Edgar at the UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) event earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“It was spontaneous”, he said “I knew he was there”. “I would definitely give it a go”. “But look, as a fighter, that’s a fight I would take”.
Aldo has revealed that the gameplan for his first meeting with McGregor was heavily grappling-oriented but he didn’t get the chance to drag the fight to the mat as he was finished in the opening moments. Otherwise, they will do a third fight”, Aldo said. “I’m rooting for him to lose, of course. So I still have time under me as well. It was one of the biggest fights in recent years, surpassing the PPV buys of Cotto vs. Alvarez, Pacquiao vs. Bradley III, and Mayweather vs. Berto. “But we will see next time around”.
If McGregor does not decide to return to featherweight, Aldo has also identified the next contender for a fight for the vacant title in NY.
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And Khan feels taking on the Irishman, who was a youth boxing champion before switching to MMA, would be the kind of fight the world wants to see. This event in NY will make history.
