McGregor '100%' plans to 'give middleweight a go'

Conor McGregor apparently isn't satisfied with having only competed in three weight classes throughout his UFC career.

The former two-division champion tweeted Saturday night he intends to test the waters at middleweight down the road, posting two messages that he later deleted.

"I'm gonna give middleweight a go at some point 100%," he wrote.

McGregor admitted fighting at 185 pounds would be difficult.

"I'd be a big fridge at middleweight," he added. "But hot like oven same time, ye know yourself, catch it on PPV. Don't know tho. It be hard work. Those rounds against those middle/lhw, they were alternating fresh each round. I've put in psycho work doing this job over the years."

The Irish superstar has been at featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight throughout his UFC stint. He won his first title at 145 pounds in 2015 before capturing 155-pound gold the following year. McGregor fought Nate Diaz (twice) and Donald Cerrone at 170 pounds.

His most recent two outings, both against Dustin Poirier, were lightweight bouts.

McGregor broke his leg in a first-round TKO loss to Poirier in July 2021 and has been out of action since. He's teased a return to the Octagon sometime in 2023.