WASHINGTON – Paul Felder hopes Conor McGregor stays at welterweight so he stops clogging up the 155-pound division. Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champ McGregor, who was stripped of his lightweight title due to inactivity, has only competed once in the octagon over the past two years, failing to re-capture 155-pound belt in a fourth-round submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. But McGregor’s position in the lightweight rankings has remained high, and numerous fighters have called him out for a fight in order to move up the ladder. However, McGregor wasn’t interested in taking up any of the offers. Instead, he is set to return at welterweight, when he takes on Donald Cerrone at UFC 246.
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