We suspect the closest we’ll ever get to this fight happening is a Rocky III style gym bout behind closed doors.
Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor’s are gold card members of the mutual appreciation society.
The bantamweight and interim featherweight champions are the two most recognisable faces in the MMA game today, and both have professed themselves to be fans of the other.
While a superfight between the two may be as unlikely as a Bethe Correia victory at UFC 190, this weekend, it has not stopped the question being asked.
During his interview with CNN, last week, McGregor commented, ‘I remember one time when I greeted her and said “What’s up, champ?” and we embraced, and I swear on my life that her back muscles were the most solid back muscles I’ve ever felt in my life.
‘I thought “If this lady was to get a hold of me, she would throw me on my head in literally one second flat,” so I would not like to engage in a clinch fight with Ronda.’
However, McGregor still fancied his chances against Rowdy.
‘Make no mistake about it,’ he declared. ‘I have my ways to win that fight too.’
At a press briefing for UFC 190, Rousey gave her take on McGregor’s compliment, and claims he could still get the win.
‘We might have a different opinion on that,’ she remarked.
