Conor McGregor ready to defend his belt against Tony Ferguson.

Audie Attar of Paradigm Sports Management, represents a plethora of established MMA veterans, the most notable of which is UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The Lightweight Interim champion Tony Ferguson is also a client of Attar’s

Speaking recently on Middleweight champion Michael Bisping’s Believe You Me Podcast, Attar discussed both clients, calling their eventual fight “inevitable.”

“The sport is one where they’re gonna compete. If you have clients in the same weight class and they’re the top of the division, they’re gonna meet. . . With Tony and Conor, it’s inevitable. You have the lightweight champ and the interim lightweight champ, so that’s a fight that’s naturally gonna happen.”

Ferguson won the interim title at UFC 216, submitting Kevin Lee with a third-round triangle choke. After getting knocked out by Floyd Mayweather in august, McGregor’s next move has been uncertain. He is accepted to return to MMA, but his opponent is unknownand garnered much speculation. Ferguson would seemingly have the inside track as the interim champion, but the other front-runner is the infamous, Nate Diaz. Attar refuses to flat-out say who is next for Conor McGregor. While he does admit that the Diaz fight has some appeal, he ultimately suggests that Ferguson has “earned a shot.”

“No, I can’t say [who McGregor will fight next]. Here’s what I will tell you, Tony earned a shot at the belt. He won the interim lightweight title. Conor doesn’t shy away from a challenge. The Nate fight does make sense, obviously, because of the trilogy, they never fought at 155, but they both make sense in their own respective way. However, I do believe that when [McGregor and Ferguson] go at it, it will, in my opinion, validate the belt system. It will validate what a championship belt is all about.”

Conor McGregor has previously expressed a desire to “legitimizing the title,” and Attar managing both fighters does put him in an interesting position, prompting Nate Diaz to claim that the fighters were in cahoots through Attar.

Do you think Conor McGregor will fight Tony Ferguson next?

UPDATE: It seems that Tony Ferguson is Conor McGregor’s likely next foe and it’s coming directly from the horses mouth.

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