ATLANTA – Conor McGregor ’s manager, Audie Attar, thinks his client is one win away from fighting to regain the UFC lightweight title. Attar, the head of Paradigm Sports Management, sees McGregor’s (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier (27-6 MMA, 19-5 UFC) at UFC 264 on July 10 as a defining matchup for the UFC lightweight division. The bout will comes less than two months after Charles Oliveira meets Michael Chandler for the vacant 155-pound strap at UFC 262 on May 15, and Attar expects the winners of the two fights to clash. “I think that only makes sense,” Attar told MMA Junkie. “I think this truly becomes a No.
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