BOSTON – What would you say to a lightweight fight between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone?

Sound like one of those ones that has the proverbial “fight of the night written all over it,” even if right now it’s a bit of a long shot?

McGregor (16-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) on Sunday headlines UFC Fight Night 59 in a featherweight bout against Dennis Siver (22-9 MMA, 11-6 UFC). In the co-feature, Cerrone (25-6 MMA, 13-3 UFC) takes on Benson Henderson (21-4 MMA 9-2 UFC) in a key lightweight bout.

A win for McGregor is likely to see him get the next shot at featherweight champion Jose Aldo later this year. But the brash Irishman has not been shy about saying he eventually wants to fight at lightweight, as well – and hold a belt there, too. While he was with the London-based Cage Warriors, McGregor held both the featherweight and lightweight titles, winning them in back-to-back fights before signing with the UFC.

A win for Cerrone will have him in enviable position in the UFC’s lightweight division. A victory would be his seventh straight and eighth win in nine fights since a loss to current champion Anthony Pettis, who next defends his title against Rafael dos Anjos in March. It’s not out of the question that a Cerrone win could put him in position to challenge for the lightweight belt.

Clearly both McGregor and Cerrone have bigger fish to fry in Boston before truly thinking that far down the road, when a meeting in the octagon might be a reality. But nevertheless, and to no one’s surprise, the famed “take on all comers” attitude “Cowboy” brings to the table means he’d gladly welcome a fight with “The Notorious” one.

Check out the video above. Then don’t miss Cerrone-Henderson and McGregor-Siver from UFC Fight Night 59, which takes place Sunday at TD Garden in Boston with a main card on FOX Sports 1.

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