Conor McGregor's Coach On His Next Fight, UFC 217 Press Conference, UFC Announces New Sports Drink

By Doric Sam

- Above you can watch the UFC 217 pre-fight press conference featuring the six fighters from the three title fights on Saturday's fight card. Middleweight champion Michael Bisping tried to get under Georges St. Pierre's skin. Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw got into multiple heated exchanges, as expected. Strawweight champion Joanna Jerdzejczyk made contact with Rose Namajunas during their faceoff. You can also watch the fourth episode of UFC 217 Embedded by clicking here.

- Conor McGregor's head coach John Kavanagh weighed in on who he thinks the UFC lightweight champion should fight next. Echoing Mcgregor's previous statements, Kavanagh said he thinks the fight that makes the most sense is a unification bout with interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson.

"Tony Ferguson is the fight that makes sense at lightweight. I think that lightweight is Conor's ideal weight class, so Tony is the fight that seems right at the moment," Kavanagh told MMA Fighting at the premiere of McGregor's documentary in Dublin, Ireland. "It doesn't really matter how much Tony draws or doesn't draw, look at the guy he's facing. You could put Conor in there against anyone at the moment and people are going to want to watch it."

- The UFC announced today that Cody Garbrandt, Michelle Waterson, Cynthia Calvillo and Francis Ngannou will be the sponsored athletes of BodyArmor, the official sports drink of the UFC. BodyArmor, which Kobe Bryant is invested in, also unveiled the "Knockout Punch" flavor for the UFC. You can check out the video below:

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