Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 Forces Conor McGregor to Submit a Crucial Change in Rules

Published 10/21/2023, 2:08 PM EDT

The one accusation that can never be made against Conor McGregor is that he is not expressive enough. McGregor will let you know exactly what he thinks on any topic that catches his fancy. And this verbosity and loquaciousness, of course, is a large part of why he is so popular.

But this time, McGregor has come out with an opinion that many will agree with. He came out with a hot take motivated from the UFC 294 bout between Kamaru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev that seems to have a lot of merit, uncharacteristic for the Irishman lately.

Conor McGregor wants this change for all no. 1 title contender fights

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Conor McGregor took to Twitter to simply say that a number 1 contender’s fight should be five rounds instead of three. All title bouts and main event fights in UFC events are five rounds. But McGRegor wants more. “No.1 contender fights should be 5 rounds,” the former two-division champion tweeted.

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No.1 contender fights should be 5 rounds
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 21, 2023

All non-title fights, including title eliminators (unless the main event, that is) are three-round contests. This is true of the UFC 294 co-main event bout between Usman and Chimaev, the winner of which will fight Sean Strickland for the middleweight title next.

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What do you think? Do you support McGregor’s cause? Let us know in the comments.

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Kanishk Thakur is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. Kanishk owes his love for MMA to the fan-favorite UFC commentator Joe Rogan, whose discussions of the sport on his podcast nudged him into following MMA. An experienced senior content writer, Kanishk’s passion for the sport was solidified after exploring the infamous Conor McGregor-Khabib Nurmagomedov rivalry and its eventual culmination at UFC 229.

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Yeswanth Praveen

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 Forces Conor McGregor to Submit a Crucial Change in Rules

Conor McGregor wants this change for all no. 1 title contender fights

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