Conor McGregor has all but confirmed his next fight will be a trilogy showdown with Dustin Poirier – and he is buzzing for it. The Notorious suffered a brutal second-round defeat to the American.

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The Notorious Conor McGregor is the UFC’s latest and greatest star. Because of this, fans wonder about his next fight. Although the 31-year-old has a deep love for the sport, he’s also interested in fights that will make him the most money. So, McGregor’s next fight will not only have to be competitive; it’ll have to make sense for his bank account. Here are some likely opponents who meet both of those criteria:

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Despite the fact that McGregor’s fight with Nurmagomedov made the UFC the most money ever, a rematch is not very likely. That’s because Nurmagomedov dominated and finished McGregor in their fight, and there’s little reason to expect McGregor would do any better in a rematch.

However, due to the infamous post-fight brawl in the octagon, there’s still bad blood between the two men. With millions of dollars on the line, a rematch may still happen. Indeed, McGregor has continued to tweet about their first fight and how he’d do in a rematch. The groundwork for one is there.

Jorge Masvidal

Coming off of his record-breaking, five-second, flying-knee knockout of Ben Askren, Masvidal called out McGregor to fight. This striker’s roots are in the backyard fighting scene of Florida. So a McGregor-versus-Masvidal fight would likely be kept standing, an area both men are comfortable with.

However, UFC President Dana White shot down the fight, saying, among other things, that Masvidal is too big for McGregor. White later said his comments made McGregor angry since he’d fought and beat bigger men in order to become the UFC’s first two-weight class champion.

Furthermore, with Colby Covington’s victory at UFC Newark, White has said Covington will receive the next title shot at 170 lb. White later said Masvidal will get a new opponent, though he failed to elaborate on who. So for now, a McGregor vs. Masvidal fight is still very possible.

Nate Diaz

After surprising everyone and handing Conor McGregor his first UFC loss in 2016, the rivalry between these two men has generated millions of dollars. McGregor defeated Diaz by majority decision later in the year and then went on to become the first two-weight class champion. Fans have speculated over a trilogy fight for years.

Unfortunately, it hasn’t materialized as Diaz refused to fight anyone who wasn’t going to make him a lot of money and McGregor went on to box with Floyd Mayweather. Diaz finally has a fight, however, scheduled for UFC 241 against Anthony Pettis, the former lightweight champion. If he beats Pettis, then fans will expect him to call out McGregor as he did years ago.

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This trilogy fight would make a lot of sense as Diaz is someone McGregor knows he can beat. With the millions of dollars they both earned from their first two fights, a third one would be both exciting and profitable.

Paulie Malignaggi

Paulie Malignaggi is the only potential boxer whom McGregor may fight in the future because there’s already been beef between the two men. It all started when McGregor hired Malignaggi, a former world champion boxer, to train with him in preparation for his fight with Mayweather. McGregor claims to have knocked out Malignaggi in sparring. Malignaggi took offense to those claims.

McGregor released photos of their sparring session, which included pictures of Malignaggi apparently being knocked down by McGregor’s hands. Malignaggi later fought and lost to McGregor’s friend and accountant, Artem Lobov, in a bare-knuckle boxing match.

To finally settle their beef, a boxing match between the two could work. Plus, with the UFC preparing to launch their boxing division later this year, an inaugural McGregor-versus-Malignaggi fight would make a lot of sense and a lot of money as well.

Conor McGregor looks set to have the chance to avenge his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 in a rematch this summer.

The Irishman was knocked out in the second round by Poirier after having his mobility kicked away from him.

According to UFC boss Dana White, McGregor is obsessed with a rematch and completing their trilogy with the score 1-1 at the moment and White will oblige.

And why not? UFC 257 is the joint-second highest-grossing card in the company’s history so UFC’s motivation would be clear.

And that’s always been McGregor’s power. He’s far and away the biggest draw in the history of the sport and owns seven of the top ten highest bought fights in UFC history, including the top four.

Many fighters – Nate Diaz included – dislike the fact McGregor has the power to call his own shots as a result and former lightweight title contender Kevin Lee thinks instead of facing Poirier, it should actually be Diaz who McGregor fights next.

He told MMA Junkie: “I think it makes sense for [McGregor] to go fight [Diaz] I know they’re talking about him and Poirier again, but that would be stupid, even on his end.

“I don’t think a lot of people come back from being knocked out and then in an immediate rematch get to win it.

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“And it’s like, ‘Come on.’ Can we stop giving the guy so many, I mean, he gets a lot of benefits. He gets to call all his fights and avenge losses right away.

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“I’ve had to wait to fight Tony Ferguson three years, really it be four years by the time I fight him, and he gets to do it right away.

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“Go ahead, give him Nate Diaz, and then by the end of the year, then me and him can get it on. That sounds good to me.”

Lee has had an inconsistent run in UFC since losing to Ferguson for the interim lightweight title back in 2017, but the fights he has lost, he’s lost to quality opponents like Charles Oliveira, Rafael Dos Anjos and Al Iaquinta.

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McGregor did defeat Poirier in 2014 via first round knockout but the rematch was only McGregor’s fourth fight since 2016.