Conor McGregor

Conor Anthony McGregor (Irish: Conch??r Ant??in Mac Gr??ag??ir;[9] born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight winner. As of 1 July 2019, he’s ranked #3 in the official UFC lightweight positions and #9 from the official UFC pound-for-pound ranks.
McGregor began his MMA career in 2008 and, in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both titles simultaneously before vacating them to sign with the UFC. In 2015, in UFC 194, he defeated Jos?? Aldo to the UFC Featherweight Championship via knockout 13 minutes to the first round, which is the fastest success in UFC title history. Upon defeating Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205, McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight divisions simultaneously.
McGregor began his professional boxing career in 2017. In his introduction boxing game, he was conquered by Floyd Mayweather Jr.He is the biggest pay-per-view (PPV) draw in MMA history, with headlined five from the six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view occasions. His headline bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event. His boxing match with Mayweather attracted 4.3 million PPV buys in North America, the next most from history.On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, defeating Gary Morris using a second-round TKO. After McGregor won his next fight against Mo Taylor, he made his featherweight debut in a loss via entry against Artemij Sitenkov. After a success at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor considered another career path before his mother contacted his coach John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to continue pursuing mixed martial arts. [25]
McGregor then won his second fight, too at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a fight against Joseph Duffy, where he received his next expert loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke. Following this, throughout 2011 and 2012, McGregor went to an eight-fight winning series,[26] during which he won both the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight championships, making him the first European professional mixed martial artist to hold titles in two branches simultaneously. Back in February 2013, UFC president Dana White chose to Dublin, Ireland to Be Given a Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from Trinity College and has been inundated with requests to signal McGregor into the UFC. Following a meeting with McGregor, and speaking with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, White offered him a contract days later.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (2013–present)
2013
UFC introduction In February 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) declared that they had signed McGregor to some multi-fight contract. [27] In joining, McGregor became just the second fighter from Ireland to compete to the firm, after fellow SBG team member Tom Egan.
On 6 April 2013, McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage about the first card card of UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi. [28] Brimage began the battle aggressively, meeting McGregor at the center of the octagon before launching a flurry of strikes to push him back. McGregor, repeatedly throwing a counter left hand, found little success with his first striking. After discovering that Brimage was susceptible to a snap kick directed at his chest and torso, McGregor began to apply a looping left hand uppercut, throwing each single time Brimage would proceed forward into striking range. These uppercuts grounded Brimage shortly after McGregor began to utilize them. The bout was stopped 1:07 to the first round. [29] The win also earned McGregor his initial”Knockout of the Night” award. [30]
McGregor was anticipated to confront Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 at UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled out of this bout citing an injury and was replaced by Max Holloway. [31] McGregor bewildered Holloway with his unusual boxing strategy, and his incorporation of a huge array of taekwondo kicks, a lot of which are not utilized in MMA to a significant level. McGregor was able to restrain the striking range using long, non-committal low side kicks to Holloway’s knee and shin, and initiate combinations by leaping with bike and switch kicks. When the battle was brought into the floor, McGregor maintained high control, performing different positional advances, and mitigating his competitor’s exemptions on the ground. [32] McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 30–26). After the bout with Holloway, an MRI scan showed that McGregor had torn his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) throughout the bout and might require operation, keeping him out of action for up to ten months. [33]
2014
Return after trauma McGregor was anticipated to face Cole Miller on 19 July 2014 in UFC Fight Night 46 within his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury. [34] However, Miller pulled from this bout citing a thumb injury and was replaced by Diego Brand??o. [35] McGregor battled Brand??o in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 at The O2 in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. McGregor began the fight with a touch spinning side kick, before finding his range and successfully landing assorted taekwondo kicks, and left hand counters. Brand??o, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, tried to instigate two takedowns, so he could make use of his grappling pedigree, but both attempts were avoided by McGregor. Nonetheless, much of the fight was spent on ground, as McGregor attained a takedown 1:20 into the bout. When the fight returned to the feet in the next minute, McGregor started to use his left hand cross, and started to cut off the cage. Brand??o, trapped between the octagon and McGregor, fell to his side after being struck with another left hand crossover as the fight went to its fourth second. [36][37] The fight has been formally halted by Faith Leon Roberts at 4:05 of the very first round. The triumph earned McGregor his initial”Performance of the Night” award. [38]
Prior to his next bout, McGregor met with Lorenzo Fertitta and signed up a new multi-fight contract with the UFC. McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014 at UFC 178. [39] The bout was one of the most anticipated fights on the UFC 178 card, together with McGregor and Poirier just two of only four men involved in the pre-fight media conference, together with the originally scheduled headliners Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. [40] Part of the expectancy stemmed from the challenge that the match-up posed: Poirier was McGregor’s first competitor ranked in the UFC’s top ten featherweights. [41][42] Regardless of McGregor landing 9 significant strikes on Poirier’s 10, he was able to secure a success early in the first round, by pressuring Poirier onto his back foot, before bursting with a left hook behind Poirier’s ear, forcing referee Herb Dean to measure in. The end officially came at 1:46 to the first round. [43][44] This marked Poirier’s initial UFC loss via KO/TKO, and got McGregor his second straight”Performance of the Night” award. [45] In the post-fight interview with commentator Joe Rogan, McGregor mentioned the UFC Featherweight Championship as his next target from the organisation, stating that”If [the UFC] want, I’ll eliminate Chad Mendes and step into and give the fans what they want; Aldo vs. McGregor.”

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