Conor McGregor. Image via: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn ImagesConor McGregor has a lot of enemies. Paddy Pimblett wants a fight with McGregor at welterweight, and he is not waiting for a title shot first. The Liverpool lightweight told TMZ Sports this week he would jump at facing McGregor at 170 pounds before 2026 ends, sparing him his usual lightweight weight cut.The offer comes days before Pimblett fights Benoit Saint-Denis in the UFC 329 co-main event on July 11 in Las Vegas, the same card where McGregor ends a five-year absence against Max Holloway. Landing McGregor next would be the biggest payday of Pimblett's career.Paddy Pimblett calls out Conor McGregor, againConor McGregor. Image via: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCPimblett is deep into fight week for Saint-Denis, and he expects a brawl, not a cautious feeling-out process between two lightweights known for coming forward. He told TMZ it would end one of two ways: a bloodbath or a quick finish with his hand raised.The welterweight math works in his favor. Pimblett has said he typically walks around near 190 to 195 pounds between camps, then balloons back up within hours of making 155 on fight night. A jump to 170 pounds against McGregor would actually ask less of his body than the cut he makes every time he fights at lightweight now.Timing matters here too. McGregor has one fight left on his current UFC contract, and a win over Holloway would put him back in business as a needle-moving attraction rather than a five-year absentee. Pimblett getting past Saint-Denis first keeps his own name in that conversation.Paddy Pimblett has been looking for a fight with Conor McGregorPaddy Pimblett. Image via: Kieran Cleeves/PA Images via Getty ImagesThis is not a one-off callout. Speaking earlier with UFC Hall of Famer Demetrious Johnson, Pimblett laid out his preferred order of operations: win the lightweight belt, defend it, then move up. But he left the door open for McGregor to jump the line. "If Conor McGregor needs a welterweight opponent, I'm game," he said.That stacks up with what Pimblett has said elsewhere about his own path. He is coming off the first loss of his UFC career, a five-round decision to Gaethje at UFC 324 in January that earned both men a $100,000 Fight of the Night bonus. Beating Saint-Denis would put him back in the 155-pound title mix, but McGregor represents a different kind of opportunity entirely.McGregor and Holloway have history. McGregor won their first meeting back in 2013 by decision, before either man held UFC gold. McGregor is 1-3 in his last four fights and enters as the longest-priced underdog of his UFC career, a market reflection of the five-year layoff and the leg injury he suffered against Dustin Poirier in 2021.FighterAgeUFC RecordLast OutingPath to Pimblett/McGregor FightPaddy Pimblett317-1Loss to Justin Gaethje (UFC 324, Jan. 2026)Win vs. Saint-Denis, July 11Conor McGregor3722-6Loss to Dustin Poirier (2021)Win vs. Max Holloway, July 11Nothing is official, and it may never get made. McGregor could lose to Holloway and lean toward retirement or a crossover event instead of another UFC fight. Pimblett could lose to Saint-Denis and find himself further from the title picture, not closer to a McGregor payday. For now, both men have to win on the same night before anyone takes the offer seriously.