Paddy Pimblett eyes Conor McGregor showdown at Madison Square Garden

Paddy
Pimblett is plotting a Conor
McGregor fight if they both win at
UFC 329.

McGregor (22-6) is set to return after a five-year hiatus from the

Ultimate Fighting Championship in a welterweight matchup
against Max
Holloway (27-9) in the main event of the upcoming numbered
event on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Meanwhile,
Pimblett (23-4) co-headlines the card in a lightweight bout against
Benoit St.
Denis (17-3).

Paddy Pimblett wants Conor McGregor matchup at UFC’s MSG
event

Pimblett wants to fight again before the end of the year. If
McGregor defeats Holloway, he wants to face the Irish superstar on
the UFC’s annual card at Madison Square Garden in New York,
typically scheduled for November. While the Liverpool native
competes at lightweight, he is willing to move up to 170 pounds to
face the former two-division champion.

“The perfect fight for me would be Conor… Mad being on the same
card as Conor McGregor. The biggest name in the sport, it’s nice
for him to be back. This is probably going to be the most-watched
UFC of all time,” Pimblett said in a recent interview. “I’m not
gonna be the star of the show on this one, definitely not. Conor
is. But probably gonna be the second star of the show. If Conor
wins and I win… I wanna fight again before the end of the year.
I’ll fight him at welterweight, in MSG?”

With both being former
Cage Warriors champions, Pimblett was initially compared to
McGregor when he joined the UFC. While “The Baddy” initially
welcomed the comparisons, he has since grown into a star in his own
right. He was riding a seven-fight winning streak before he came up
short in an interim lightweight title fight against Justin
Gaethje this past January.