Two years have passed since Georges St-Pierre last stepped foot in the Octagon, but in recent weeks there has been a lot of speculation about the former champion's ambition to take one final fight. Many have expected St-Pierre to angle for a potential title shot , or a superfight with Anderson Silva if he was to return to the cage. But according to his long-time (ex) manager, Stephane Patry, St-Pierre should fight Conor McGregor instead.

Last month, Patry appeared on French-language sports channel Réseau des sports to talk about McGregor's fight with Jose Aldo, when the discussion turned to Canada's most successful mixed martial artist of all time, GSP. According to Patry, his former client St-Pierre would be wise to return against McGregor and he elaborated on it in his blog:

"Georges St. Pierre said openly that he could easily get down to 155 pounds to fight. and it is a fact that several fighters who fight at 155 pounds are bigger and walk around heavier than St-Pierre. So if McGregor becomes champion of 145 and 155 pounds, and St-Pierre takes the time to get his weight down in a healthy and intelligent way, do you not think that the UFC would not want to put on the biggest fight in its history?"

While Patry's predictions may seem far-fetched, St-Pierre's coach Firas Zahabi has previously said that he feels his star fighter could make it down to 155lbs. In 2011, Zahabi told Sherdog that he would recommend St-Pierre to make the cut down to lightweight if Frankie Edgar wasn't the champion:

"Well to be honest with you, I have recommended to Georges, you know...the only reason I don't recommend it now is because Frankie Edgar is the champion, but I'd want him to move down to 155 if Frankie was not the champion. Obviously we're part of the Renzo Gracie team and we'd never fight Frankie Edgar, because obviously we're all Renzo Gracie fighters. But if it wasn't the case, you know, I'd rather him go down to 155 because Georges is not a very big welterweight. People might think he is, he's actually not very big. And him making 170 is extremely easy for him.Honestly, it's probably one of the easiest weight cuts from all the fighters that I coach, and I coach a lot of professional fighters. Georges making 170 is getting a little too easy for him"

It remains to be seen if GSP will return to the Octagon, but with yesterday's announcement that McGregor is going to fight for the lightweight title against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197, this superfight has become a lot more plausible. If McGregor manages to get past the supremely talented dos Anjos, a title fight against St-Pierre could be the biggest fight of all time.