{"id":295372,"date":"2018-12-18T05:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295372"},"modified":"2018-12-18T05:59:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:59:36","slug":"coach-wants-al-iaquinta-vs-conor-mcgregor-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-wants-al-iaquinta-vs-conor-mcgregor-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach wants Al Iaquinta vs. Conor McGregor next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After watching his fighter Al Iaquinta defeat Kevin Lee in the main event of UFC Milwaukee last weekend, Coach Ray Longo is hoping for an Iaquinta vs. Conor McGregor fight next.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned coached explained the appeal of this fight on Monday&#8217;s edition of The MMA Hour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ray Longo Wants To See Al Iaquinta Fight Conor McGregor Next\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wNrAzmjPxnU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"Zwje0X\">\u201cI\u2019d really like to see him fight Conor next,\u201d Longo said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/17\/18145301\/ray-longo-wants-to-see-al-iaquinta-fight-conor-mcgregor-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI don\u2019t think Conor deserves the Khabib rematch at all. It looks like they\u2019re going to give Ferguson Khabib, which is 100 percent fair. That makes fair sense, not everything is fair sense, it\u2019s money sense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oUytoT\">\u201cBut I\u2019d like to see Al get a big money fight against a great guy who can bring a lot of eyeballs to pay-per-view. I think that would be great. I think Al deserves it and I think that\u2019s a great matchup. I\u2019d love to see it and I\u2019d love to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Al Iaquinta is matched up with Conor McGregor, he&#8217;ll be forced to reckon with the Irishman&#8217;s patented trash talk. Ray Longo isn&#8217;t too worried about that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xLZ2Dh\">\u201cI think I\u2019d rather run for political office than have that guy researching, doing my background checks,&#8221; Longo said. &#8220;But I don\u2019t think Al gives a shit. I think it\u2019s all good. I think Conor knows who he can get away with that shit with and who he can\u2019t, he\u2019s a street kid. I think that will be to no avail and that\u2019s all good stuff.<\/p>\n<p id=\"A5Oln1\">\u201cIt\u2019s entertainment at the end of the day, I don\u2019t take anything personal at this point. Al just wants to fight. It\u2019s almost like what he did with Kevin Lee. Same Al. That\u2019s what you want to say? Now\u2019s your time to do it. It\u2019s put up or shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Al Iaquinta and Conor McGregor interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After watching his fighter Al Iaquinta defeat Kevin Lee in the main event of UFC Milwaukee last weekend, Coach Ray Longo is hoping for an Iaquinta vs. Conor McGregor fight next. 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