McGregor v Faber in Ireland? The California Kid wants it to happen

There's a few bits of business to be taken care of first but former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber is keen on a meeting with Conor McGregor ... in Ireland.

Faber is currently in Manila preparing for a 145lb clash with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar on Saturday and has been answering plenty of questions about The Notorious.  And The California Kid has revealed that he wouldn't be opposed to travelling to McGregor's back yard for the realisation of a fight that has long been talked about due to the trash talk between the pair.

Faber (32-7) told the MMA media in the Philippines: "Yeah, there's been a little stirred up tension about that fight, and I would love to do that. Seems like... I want the fights that are big and have a lot of meaning, so I would love to go over there to Ireland."

That fight may not be a title fight though as Faber is picking against the Irishman when McGregor attempts to bring the UFC featherweight championship back to Dublin when he meets champion Jose Aldo in July.

"Man, it's gonna be a good fight. I think Conor's got that real power and Aldo has power as well. We're still yet to see Conor's full game tested. I don't think he's fought another guy that truly, really believes in himself, like Aldo does.

"There's no doubt he has skill and Aldo has a lot of skill, so it's going to come down to who's the better fighter that night.

"In my opinion Aldo's got the more well rounded game, but again, we haven't seen Conor on the ground too much. We haven't seen him deal with someone who's a master kicker, someone that can really hammer kicks and knees and stuff like that, like Aldo can do. I'm going with Aldo."

Colour us intrigued.