7 Things We Learned From UFC 205

Despite all the praise I just heaped upon McGregor and his ability to continuously shut down his detractors, if he's smart - and by all indications he's brilliant when it comes to business - he'll stay as far away from Khabib Nurmagomedov as possible.

Not only should Conor make every effort to avoid defending against "The Eagle" but the UFC should also go out of their way to see that this fight doesn't happen. I hate even suggesting that they deny a title shot for a man who is rightly the number one - or at worst the number two behind Tony Ferguson - contender to the lightweight championship. I'm just looking at things from a business perspective.

Conor McGregor is the top draw in the sport and after 205 he's only going to become a bigger star. Nurmagomedov is not the guy you want to derail that hype train and bring the money machine to a halt.

Having a global superstar and the number one name in the biz with a crowd-pleasing stand-up style get demolished by a guy with a dominant, yet "boring" ground game who can barely speak english would be a nightmare scenario for the UFC. And with new ownership quickly looking to start recouping their 4 billion dollar investment that doesn't strike me as a situation they want to see play out.

Of course there's always the chance that Khabib is the next Aldo, Diaz or Alvarez - surefire mismatches that everyone expects to manhandle Conor - only to see him continue to defy the odds by taking his head off with that left hand. But I wouldn't bet on it, and I don't think the UFC would either. In fact, I think it would take the KGB holding Dana White's family hostage at gunpoint to get him to agree to that match-up.

As for McGregor himself, he's already gone out of his way to distance himself from a potential fight with the Russian grappling machine, saying that he's too inactive and pulls out of fights too often. Conor knows what hes doing, and what he's doing is trying his best to stay out of the cage with Nurmagomedov.