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WEIGHING IN

Connor vs ? International fight week return

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this LIVE episode of Weighing In, Josh Thomson breaks down the three fighters most likely to face McGregor, including Max Holloway, a potential trilogy with Nate Diaz, and another high-stakes option in Dustin Poirier. We’ll discuss matchmaking, timing, and what fight makes the most sense for International Fight Week. Join us LIVE and drop your questions in the chat — we’ll be answering fan questions and debating who McGregor should fight next! 💧 Stay Hydrated with LMNT This offer may be claimed for LMNT customers, ONLY THROUGH OUR LINK! http://drinklmnt.com/WeighingIn https://www.amazon.com/shop/therealpunk?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_PXSPXPTQ4J26QW4FP4T5 🔥 Join the Weighing In Membership Get exclusive perks including priority fan questions and early access to videos! 💥 $1.99/month 💥 $4.99/month (includes the chance to debate Josh on the show!) 📲 Follow Us Instagram & Twitter: @weighingin @therealpunk

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0:00.0

Let's go. Let's go. We do a live show today. I think a lot of it was just, I was sitting around yesterday after I did the live show yesterday. I was like, you know what, let's do another one tomorrow. He came up with this topic based on the reason why I came up with this topic is I think it's already been decided on who he's going to fight, on who Connor McGregor is going to fight. And I think it's a pretty clear cut case. Yo, yo, yo, what's up, real ice out?

0:22.8

I think it's pretty clear-cut case

0:24.1

He's going to fight Max Holloway. So, but let's go ahead and like navigate this path on what may be best for Connor McGregor. That's more of what I would when, when I put this show together, I was thinking, okay, what can we do to maximize what he has left in the tank?

0:41.4

Obviously, I think he's got to fight at 155. I don't think he should fight at 170.

0:45.4

He'll get smoked by all those guys. Ian Gary Machado is huge.

0:48.9

6-3, faster than him, you know, just quicker than him, better kicker than him at this stage in

0:54.5

his career, all these things. I'm not going to take away from Connor McGregor and what he's done in

0:59.4

terms of the sport. But he's not what he was. Let's not pretend like he is. And let's, let's move on and

1:04.5

move forward for the best matchups the UFC could possibly make for him. And moving forward,

1:09.4

how they can maximize the amount of money they make off of the last little bit of his abilities. So let's go ahead and talk about that. Right now, I think what you got to do is you got to match him up against Max Holloway. I think there was this thought that Max Holloway was going to be the BMF title holder and then you could match up the BMF title holder against Connor McGregor, who Connor has been out there saying, I'm the true BMF, I'm blah, blah, blah, blah, which we know is just ridiculous. Brother, you tap the pressure. That's exactly what happened in the Habib fight. You know, like you weren't choking. You literally just tapped the pressure because Habib strangled you to death. But that being said, there are fights for him. There are fights for him. Oh, look at this guy. I like this. Jay, what is it? Jim. Jim Medine. Josh is top three best looking fighter all time. 90s boy, Ben, good looking. No homo. No homo, brother. i appreciate the the love though but uh but let's go

2:05.3

ahead and talk i think right now is you don't want to put him against charles olivera we

2:09.5

saw what charles oliver did the max hollow he was able to take him down control him dominate him

2:13.5

get his back do all those things for five rounds the very i think the same exact thing would

2:19.3

happen if charles olivera fought connor mcgror and so this really comes down to how the ufc can

2:25.2

maximize their money and and what they're going to end up paying connor mcgregor for his return

2:31.5

they they're going to they're sorting that out as we speak.

2:35.1

I believe they're going to fight on International Fight Week.

2:38.0

So it'll be Max Holloway versus Connor McGregor.

2:41.2

That's the fight to make.

2:42.7

But they just announced this fight right here, which I think is very key and very

2:47.9

important in this stage of Connor McGregor's potential return

2:51.1

is we have Patty Pimlet versus Benoit D'Ne.

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