Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier recently shared advice for current No. 1 UFC lightweight Charles Oliveira on how to land a fight against Conor McGregor in a video posted to his YouTube channel.
“If he [Charles Oliveira] really does want an opportunity, I think Oliveira needs to talk more about McGregor and be more insulting about McGregor and talk about all the issues that McGregor has.”
DC further elaborated,
“From the issue with the bus, from the issue to the fight with the man in the pub to the issue that he’s going through now. I think he has to get as personal as personal can be… So, do the Bronx get personal; get nasty if you want to cash that check.”
The current UFC commentator considers that the possibility of fighting Oliveira for Mr. Notorious is very low as the Brazilian lost his UFC title to Islam Makhachev last October.
“I really believe that for Charles Oliveira now, not holding that belt – that belt was the one thing that made him valuable to Conor.”
“But when you talk about star power and risk management, you ain’t looking to fight ‘Do Bronx’ if it ain’t for something so grand like a championship.”
However, last week, Oliveira briefly spoke about his reason for fighting Conor and added that he has already called him several times but the Mystic Mac hasn’t responded, for which reason the 33-year-old will never call out for him again.
“There are no fools here, everybody knows we want this fight because he’ll give us a lot of money, but I do think he’s a guy that needs to be hyped. I’ve asked for this fight plenty of times and he never says anything. I’ll be ready to fight him the day he wants, but I won’t call him out anymore.”
Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor have been named coaches of The Ultimate Fighter 🍿
They will face off in the octagon at the end of the season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/owH5OkjTV3
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For Conor, he will be seen as one of the coaches on The Ultimate Fighter reality show, and at the end of the show, he will square off against the other coach, Michael Chandler, in September.
