Conor McGregor is obviously a very popular figure in the UFC and many fighters are hoping to face him at some point. One of those is current UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski.

Alex Volkanovski has beaten some of the biggest names at featherweight in Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes, and Max Holloway. There's only one other UFC featherweight champion that's missing from the list, Conor McGregor.

“Obviously, Conor is always gonna get his name out there,” UFC champion Volkanovski told MMA News’ James Lynch (h/t MMAFighting). “You gotta remember, he was a featherweight, he was a champion of my division. So I’ve taken out the featherweight champs. That’s the only one left, isn’t it? Me, Aldo, Max, and Conor. So it makes a lot of sense. Obviously, it would be a dream and then I’ve taken out all the other champs in my division so that would be incredible. Obviously, you talk about the payday and all that — the circus around it would be great. But at the same time, talking about legacy, he’s undefeated at featherweight, too. That would mean something. I don’t think he’s making featherweight too soon [though].

“If we fight, you do it at any weight. I’d do that at welterweight if I had to, whatever. But at the same time, we’ll see. I’ll just worry about Zombie cause Zombie’s in front of me and we’ll see.”

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Alex Volkanovski has plenty of options for the fight as he is looking to bounce around between lightweight, featherweight, and he has been flirting with welterweight if that's what it takes. The UFC featherweight champion has plenty of options.

“I’m planning on staying at featherweight even if I move up, I want to float in both,” the UFC champion said said. “I’m not saying I want to just move to lightweight and stay at lightweight. When people ever ask me if I think of a move to lightweight, it is double champ status, while I still got both belts. The role of lightweight champ and featherweight champ, that’s my vision. Not just fighting in lightweight. Cause I make featherweight reasonably easy so there’s no reason for me to have to move up.”