Miesha Tate would pick Conor McGregor to beat GSP: He can KO guys a lot bigger than him

Get the Full StoryRetired UFC fighter Miesha Tate favors Conor McGregor over Georges St-Pierre in a hypothetical match-up. Although former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre hasn t revealed his long term plans, it s obvious the fan favorite is looking for high profile, blockbuster fights in his MMA return. And there s nothing that says blockbuster quite like Georges St-Pierre vs. Conor McGregor.

GSP s teammate, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, believes the Canadian could call out The Notorious after his middleweight championship tilt against Michael Bisping at UFC 217.

I think what would be possible is if he called out Conor McGregor after, Aubin-Mercier said last week. If Georges wins, he's the biggest MMA fighter of all-time. If Conor wins, he is too and if Georges wins, I don't think people are going to hold it against Conor.

Former women s UFC bantamweight champ Miesha Tate, however, doesn t think the fight would go in Georges favor.

Speaking to MMA Tonight in a recent interview, Cupcake believes McGregor, who fights primarily at lightweight and featherweight, has what it takes to knock out heavier fighters such as St-Pierre.

Conor McGregor, I ve underestimated the guy a number of times, thinking he wasn t going to win some of the fights that he won and he did it, Tate said on SiriusXM Rush, per MMA Fighting s Jed Meshew. The man is truly in a league of his own. When it comes to his game planning, when it comes to his trash talking, when it comes to getting inside people s heads, nobody does it better than Conor McGregor. So I absolutely would not count him out in a fight like that.

So I just think he would probably do well. He s evolving, he s very athletic, he s heavy handed. I think he could knock out a lot of guys bigger than him. Look how well he did against Mayweather. I was so impressed with how he did there. I thought he was gonna lose that fight handily and he hung in there tough.

McGregor, the current UFC lightweight champ and former featherweight champ, fought Nate Diaz in back-to-back fights at welterweight but hit the scales at 168 lbs. The Irishman was submitted in the first bout but won the rematch at UFC 202 via majority decision.

It s speculated that McGregor will face Diaz in a trilogy bout in late December or early next year, although UFC president Dana White tried to shut down the idea on social media earlier this week.

Meanwhile St-Pierre, 36, will challenge Bisping for the middleweight title in hopes of becoming a two-division champ at UFC 217. The highly anticipated pay-per-view, which also features a co-headlining championship bout between Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw, takes place November 4 at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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