Although Conor McGregor is now only just over a week away from arguably the biggest fight in his career, he may have never received this fight if it wasn't for the way which he won the UFC Featherweight Championship at UFC 194.

The Notorious famously defeated Jose Aldo for the Featherweight title in just 13 seconds back in December 2015, which still stands to this day as the fastest victory in UFC title fight history. It was this win that caught the public's eye and catapulted him into superstardom. 

Yet, due to his two fights with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 and UFC 202 respectively, and his UFC Lightweight Championship clash with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, McGregor was stripped of the Featherweight title due to inactivity in the division.

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However, the Irish fighter still considers himself Featherweight champion because he is yet to be beaten for the belt by anyone in that division, and he also said those that have been champion after him he has already beaten.

The Notorious said, according to MMAFighting: "How can I not consider myself the UFC featherweight world champion and the UFC lightweight world champion?

"The current UFC featherweight world champion is Max Holloway, a man who I dismantled. The former was Jose Aldo. I still reign supreme over that division. And then also, the 155-pound division, I know there's talks of an interim belt. I had only won that belt and literally a month later there was an interim scheduled. It is what it is.

"Everyone knows I am the multiple weight world champion of the UFC's featherweight division and lightweight division. I look forward to coming back and continuing where I left off."

At the moment, McGregor's schedule beyond next weekend after he fights against Mayweather is yet to be confirmed, but the chances are he'll go back to UFC for another fight. This could be where he either defends his Lightweight title for the first time or makes the weight cut to 145 pounds to reclaim what he believes should be rightfully his.