8 Most Viable Opponents For Conor McGregor

Bowing out of the UFC on less than amicable terms after his divisive UFC 167 clash with Johny Hendricks, former two-time Welterweight champion Georges St Pierre possesses the kind of star power which the organisation still craves in a time period where they've became over-reliant on Conor McGregor's constant division-hopping activity for landmark cards.

Leaving the sport whilst still at the top of his game and reigning undisputed champion in 2013, the hotly anticipated return of the Canadian star will see one of their biggest draws of all time return to the fold; likely to a heroes welcome in front of his native land or in the capacity of a massive superfight. One such bout which would go down in history as one of the biggest dream matchups in the illustrious sport of MMA is if the brash king of Dublin were to do battle with the respectful and studious GSP.

Claiming that he wants the big fights in order to prove himself to be the greatest of all time rather than placing an onus on reclaiming the Welterweight crown, it's not unfeasible that the man known as 'Mystic Mac' would take prime position on that list now that the often theorised contest between himself and Anderson Silva seems as though it'll never materialise.

Given even more credence by the claims of his ex-manager that he'd be interested in such a fight and coach Firas Zahabi's consistent claims that GSP would one day drop to 155 throughout his time in the UFC, this is a bout which has all the potential to shatter pay-per-view records and prevent an encounter between the two greats from being one of those Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson-esque questions which will be debated by fans for years to come