There has been a lot of talk about Conor McGregor potentially getting the next title shot at lightweight. UFC President Dana White was recently asked about it and it looks like there is a chance.

There was talk of Conor McGregor getting the next title shot after UFC 269 went down. Dana White was asked about it in a recent interview with The Underground (transcript via MMA Fighting).

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“It’s gonna depend on who the champion is,” UFC President White explained when asked about title contender Conor McGregor. “The champion has some say in that, too. Who’s gonna be the champ when Conor McGregor comes back? And what do they wanna do? If you look at [Charles] Oliveira, right… if it’s still Oliveira by the time he comes back, maybe Oliveira wants Conor. Who knows? I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.”

“There’s a lot of variables that have to come together for him to come back and fight,” the UFC President added. “No. 1 is health and how’s his leg. Then once that’s 100 percent then we’ll start to figure out where he goes. Because a lot of these — we have fights made all the way up to June 18 already. Once he’s 100 percent ready to go, we’ll get him figured out and we’ll see what’s what with the lightweight division and we’ll get him figured out.”

Conor McGregor won't be back to the UFC until the summer as he is still healing up from his leg injury. There are plenty of names in the division that are hoping for the next title shot.