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’s the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight winner. As of 1 July 2019, he’s ranked #3 at the official UFC lightweight positions and #9 from the official UFC pound-for-pound ranks.
McGregor started his MMA career in 2008 as well as in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both titles simultaneously before vacating them to sign together 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, that’s 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 started his professional boxing career in 2017. In his debut boxing game, he had been defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr.He is the biggest pay-per-view (PPV) draw MMA history, having headlined five out of the six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view events. His headline bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 attracted 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event. His boxing game with Mayweather attracted 4.3 million PPV buys in North America, the second most in history.On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, beating Gary Morris with a second-round TKO. After McGregor won his second battle against Mo Taylor, he made his featherweight introduction in a loss via submission against Artemij Sitenkov. After a success at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor considered another career path before his mum contacted his trainer John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to continue pursuing combined martial arts. [25]
McGregor then won his second battle, also at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a struggle against Joseph Duffy, where he received his next professional loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke. Following this, throughout 2011 and 2012, McGregor went on 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 carry names in two branches simultaneously. Back in February 2013, UFC president Dana White made a trip to Dublin, Ireland to receive a Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from Trinity College and has been inundated with requests to sign McGregor into the UFC. After a meeting with McGregor, and talking with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, White offered him a contract later.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (2013–present)
2013
UFC debut In February 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) declared that they had signed McGregor to some multi-fight contract. [27] In linking, McGregor became only the second fighter out of Ireland to compete to the company, following fellow SBG team member Tom Egan.
On 6 April 2013, McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage on the preliminary card of UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi. [28] Brimage started the battle aggressively, meeting McGregor in 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 initial striking. After ascertaining that Brimage was vulnerable to a snap kick directed at his chest and chin, McGregor started to apply a looping left hand uppercut, throwing every time Brimage would proceed forwards into striking range. All these uppercuts grounded Brimage soon after McGregor started to use them. The bout was stopped 1:07 into the first round. [29] The win also earned McGregor his initial”Knockout of the Night” award. [30]
McGregor was expected to confront Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 in UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled out of the bout citing an injury and has been replaced by Max Holloway. [31] McGregor bewildered Holloway together with his unusual boxing technique, and his incorporation of a wide array of taekwondo kicks, a lot of which are not utilized in MMA to a significant level. McGregor managed to control the striking range by using extended, non-committal low side kicks to Holloway’s knee and knee, and commence combinations by leaping in with switch and bicycle kicks. After the fight was brought to the floor, McGregor maintained high control, performing various positional advances, and mitigating his opponent’s offence on the floor. [32] McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 30–26). After the bout with Holloway, an MRI scan revealed that McGregor had torn his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the bout and might require surgery, keeping him out of action for up to ten weeks. [33]
2014
Return after injury McGregor was expected to face Cole Miller on 19 July 2014 at UFC Fight Night 46 in his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury. [34] However, Miller pulled from the bout mentioning a thumb injury and has been replaced by Diego Brand??o. [35] McGregor fought Brand??o in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 in The O2 in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. McGregor started the fight with a signature turning side kick, before finding his range and successfully landing various taekwondo kicks, and left counters. Brand??o, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black buckle, attempted to instigate two takedowns, so he could make use of his grappling pedigree, but both efforts were avoided by McGregor. Nonetheless, a lot of the struggle was spent on ground, as McGregor attained a takedown 1:20 to the bout. When the fight returned to the feet in the next minute, McGregor started to employ his left hand cross, and began to cut off the cage. Brand??o, trapped between the octagon and McGregor, fell to his side after being struck with another left hand cross as the struggle went into its fourth minute. [36][37] The fight has been officially halted by referee Leon Roberts at 4:05 of the very first round. The win earned McGregor his first”Performance of the Night” award. [38]
Prior to his next bout, McGregor met with Lorenzo Fertitta and signed a fresh multi-fight contract with the UFC. McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014 at UFC 178. [39] The bout was among the most anticipated fights on the UFC 178 card, together with McGregor and Poirier just two of only four men involved with the pre-fight press conference, alongside the initially scheduled headliners Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. [40] Part of this expectancy stemmed in the challenge the match-up introduced: Poirier was McGregor’s first competitor ranked in the UFC’s top ten featherweights. [41][42] Despite McGregor landing 9 significant strikes to Poirier’s 10, he was able to secure a victory early on in the first round, by pressuring Poirier on his rear foot, before exploding with a left hook behind Poirier’s ear, forcing referee Herb Dean to measure in. The finish officially came at 1:46 into 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] From the post-fight interview with commentator Joe Rogan, McGregor cited the UFC Featherweight Championship as his next goal from the organisation, saying that”If [the UFC] want, I’ll eliminate Chad Mendes and step into and give the fans exactly what they need; Aldo vs. McGregor.”
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