Rafael dos Anjos would love to settle unfinished business with Conor McGregor.Former UFC lightweight champion Dos Anjos returns to MMA this weekend at UFC 332 for his 50th professional fight after two years out of the sport.Dos Anjos tipped the scales at 155.5lbs for his lightweight bout at UFC 332 – he has never missed weight in 50 professional fightsGettyThe 41-year-old from Brazil made weight Friday for his fight against Alexander Hernandez on the Salt Lake City card, which is headlined by Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong for the women’s flyweight title.Dos Anjos has fought a who’s who of the best fighters in the world, including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson.In 2016, dos Anjos was also scheduled to face then featherweight king McGregor, but a broken foot forced him to withdraw just weeks out from the champion-vs-champion clash at UFC 196.Instead, McGregor fought and lost to Diaz at welterweight, which sparked an iconic two-fight rivalry, as the Irishman later exacted revenge on the American.As for dos Anjos, he ended up fighting and dropping the lightweight title to Eddie Alvarez, who McGregor famously knocked out at UFC 205 to become the promotion’s first simultaneous two-weight champion.Dos Anjos would love McGregor fightDos Anjos and McGregor never fought as the pair went their separate ways, but the former said this week it’s a fight he’d love to make happen.“That would be awesome,” dos Anjos told MMA Fighting when asked about McGregor, who had a nightmare return to competition against Max Holloway in July and is expected to contest his last dance in 2027.“It’s not about money — my life went on, I’m not going to do like Michael Chandler and sit on the sidelines for two years waiting for a fight that never happens.“That might never happen; maybe he could get the fight — who knows?“But I think in my time, if I wanted to wait back in the day and not want to fight Eddie Alvarez, waiting for Conor, it maybe could happen, but I just wanted to defend my title and keep the ball rolling.McGregor was set to challenge dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title in 2016GettyBut the Brazilian pulled out with a broken foot on less than two weeks’ noticeGetty“Who knows? God has a plan, and whatever he decides, if the stars line up, and God says it’s your time, that would be great. I would love that.”When is McGregor’s next UFC fight?McGregor has said he wants to contest the final fight of his UFC contract during the promotion’s International Fight Week in July next year.The Irishman suffered ACL and meniscus damage in his right knee just seconds into his main event clash with Holloway at UFC 329 and is currently recovering from his injuries in California.Although dos Anjos admitted he doesn’t like McGregor, the veteran sympathises with his frustrations.“It sucks,” dos Anjos said of McGregor’s injury.“When I saw that and I heard it was an ACL, especially everybody wants to see a good fight, I don’t like the guy, but I don’t wish bad upon nobody.McGregor injured his knee just seconds into his UFC return in July and his fight against Holloway was over in just 69 secondsGetty“What I went through, I don’t wish it upon nobody. He could come back, but he’s got to want it.“If you’re too comfortable with your life and with finances, you’re not motivated, you’re not going to come back.“You have to be really dialled in and want to do one more fight. You want to win, you have to have that desire again, like I’m having right now.“If you don’t have, you’re not going to make it.”talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.