He doesn't want the belt. He just wants to fight the best, and right now that's Khabib
He wants a third belt.
He got real big before he came back for MW, there was that pool pick floating around for a while. He looked 215 in it.
I think in the time off he was playing with weight to see how big he could get. And was gonna go for LHW against DC after MW.
The bisping stall and Woodley prep and back to bisping fucked that up.
He had to cut back down for Woodley after Maia , then back up for bisping when that fell through.
And his body suffered. Funny how he had feared that with thebanderson talks years prior. Saying he wouldn’t go up and back down.
He’d go up and stay up, and he’d take time off to do it right.
He tried. It fucked him up, but the bisping/Woodley/busping shit did that.
He still wants that third belt. And LW is the only place he can get it now.
But if tony wins I don’t think he’ll have the desire to go after it.
Not a big enough reason the belt alone.
He wanted winner Conor/Khabib.
Now he’s only talked about Khabib for the belt.
Seems like he’ll fight Khabib for the belt. But not without.
And has not mentioned winner tony/Khabib.