If you want to talk money fights, this probably trumps everything other than another date with Diaz. All of Canada, Ireland and most of the rest of the world would be down to watch two of MMA’s most magnetic men do battle.

But financial sense is probably the only kind that applies here, thanks to GSP’s size, supreme wrestling and intelligence.

“GSP has been cautious about putting himself at risk,” says Hardy. “He won’t fight Conor’s ego, he’d go in and dismantle him. Two rounds of chain-wrestling, stitching his double with running the pipe and the knee tap will keep Conor guessing and tire him out. It’s a horrible fight for Conor.”

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