Conor McGregor vs Rafael dos Anjos: Irishman targets Robbie Lawler in possible UFC 200 welterweight title bout

Conor McGregor has outlined how he wants to leave the Ultimate Fighting Championship by unveiling plans to add the welterweight title to his collection, should he beat Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 and win the lightweight championship to go with his current featherweight crown.

After beating Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds at UFC 194, 27-year-old McGregor will take on lightweight champion Dos Anjos in Las Vegas on 5 March in a bid to hold two titles at the same time. As part of the build-up to the bout, McGregor has revealed that he has no intention of stopping at 155lbs if he comes out of the Octagon with his unbeaten UFC record intact.

The announcement has added to growing speculation that McGregor is being lined up for a blockbuster UFC 200 showdown with welterweight champion Robbie Lawler, although it would mean McGregor would be fighting at 170lbs – 25lbs more than the limit in which he fought Aldo at.

“I'm coming for that belt, I'm coming for the next belt, I'm coming for the whole company,” McGregor told Severe MMA.

“Why not go up? They get slower, and they get less free up there, they are stiffer, they are even more stuck than the lightweight division. So I'll keep going, keep eating, keep training and keep going until all the belts are wrapped up.

“I'm here to fight, I'm here to win every belt and then I'm gone and then I'll see the game later, I'll walk away from this game, I'll set it ablaze and walk away. And that's it.”

The possibility of a rematch with Aldo remains a future option should the Brazilian return to the Octagon in the coming weeks, but McGregor’s comments suggest he could be done with the featherweight division given the extreme training that the Irishman would have to put his body through in order to cut from 170lbs to 145lbs in-between fights.

The Dubliner also has eyes on Hollywood with a possible acting career on the horizon, and having been linked in the past with a role in the next ‘XXX’ film alongside Vin Diesel, McGregor says there is already interest in putting his own story on to the big screen.

“Hollywood are all over it now, Hollywood want a piece of this,” added McGregor.

“I feel I'm touching markets that the UFC have never touched before. It will continue to rise and continue to grow and see where it goes but the sky is the limit.”

However, McGregor’s immediate attentions are on Dos Anjos, and he has stepped up his training this week at Dublin’s Straight Blast Gym with just over two weeks left before he meets the Brazilian in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.

McGrgeor has criticised the King’s MMA gym where Dos Anjos is preparing for the champion vs champion bout, and he triggered a stern warning from Dos Anjos’s trainer, Rafael Cordeiro, who believes that McGregor could be forced to submit when the two face-off on 5 March.