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 champion. As of 1 July 2019, he’s ranked #3 at the official UFC lightweight positions and #9 in the official UFC pound-for-pound ranks.
McGregor started 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, at UFC 194, he conquered Jos?? Aldo to the UFC Featherweight Championship via knockout 13 minutes to the first round, that’s the fastest victory in UFC title history. Upon beating 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 largest pay-per-view (PPV) draw MMA history, having headlined five from those six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view events. His headline bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event. His boxing game with Mayweather drew 4.3 million PPV purchases in North America, the second most in history.On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first pro MMA bout, as a lightweight, beating Gary Morris using a second-round TKO. After McGregor won his second battle against Mo Taylor, he left his featherweight introduction in a reduction via entry against Artemij Sitenkov. After a success at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor considered another career path prior to his mum contacted his coach John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to keep on pursuing mixed martial arts. [25]
McGregor then won his next battle, too at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight to get a struggle against Joseph Duffy, where he received his next professional reduction after submitting to an arm-triangle choke. Following this, during 2011 and 2012, McGregor went to an eight-fight winning series,[26] through which he won both the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight championships, making him the first European professional mixed martial artist to carry titles in two divisions simultaneously. Back in February 2013, UFC president Dana White made a trip to Dublin, Ireland to Be Given a Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage in Trinity College and was inundated with requests to signal McGregor to the UFC. After a meeting with McGregor, and speaking with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, White offered him a contract 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 linking, McGregor became only the second fighter out of Ireland to compete for the firm, after fellow SBG team member Tom Egan.
On April 2013, McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage about the preliminary card of UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi. [28] Brimage began the fight aggressively, meeting McGregor in the center of the octagon before starting a flurry of strikes to push him back. McGregor, repeatedly throwing a counter left hand, found little success with his initial striking. After discovering that Brimage was vulnerable to some snap kick directed at his chest and torso, McGregor started to apply a looping left hand uppercut, throwing each time Brimage would move forwards into striking range. All these uppercuts grounded Brimage shortly after McGregor started 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 expected to confront Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 in UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled from this bout citing an accident and was replaced by Max Holloway. [31] McGregor bewildered Holloway with his unusual boxing strategy, and his incorporation of a wide array of taekwondo kicks, many of which are not utilized in MMA to some substantial level. McGregor managed to restrain the striking range using extended, non-committal low side kicks to Holloway’s knee and shin, and initiate mixes by leaping in with switch and bicycle kicks. When the battle was brought to the ground, McGregor maintained top hands, performing various positional improvements, and mitigating his opponent’s offence on the ground. [32] McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 30–26). Following the bout with Holloway, an MRI scan revealed that McGregor had torn his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) throughout the bout and would require surgery, keeping him out of action for up to ten weeks. [33]
2014
Return after injury McGregor was expected to confront Cole Miller on 19 July 2014 in UFC Fight Night 46 in his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury. [34] But, Miller pulled from this bout citing a thumb injury and was replaced by Diego Brand??o. [35] McGregor fought Brand??o in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 at 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 take advantage of his grappling pedigree, but both efforts were avoided by McGregor. Nonetheless, a lot of the fight was spent on the ground, as McGregor achieved a takedown 1:20 into the bout. When the fight returned to the toes in the third minute, McGregor began to employ his left hand cross, and began to cut 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 battle was officially 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 fresh multi-fight contract with the UFC. McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014 in UFC 178. [39] The bout was among the most anticipated fights on the UFC 178 card, with McGregor and Poirier two of just four men involved with the pre-fight media conference, alongside the originally scheduled headliners Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. [40] Part of the anticipation stemmed from the challenge the match-up introduced: Poirier was McGregor’s first opponent ranked in the UFC’s top ten featherweights. [41][42] Regardless of McGregor landing 9 significant strikes on Poirier’s 10, he managed to secure a victory early in the first round, by pushing Poirier onto his back foot, before bursting with a left hook supporting Poirier’s ear, forcing referee Herb Dean to step in. The finish officially came at 1:46 to the first round. [43][44] This marked Poirier’s first UFC loss via KO/TKO, also got McGregor his second straight”Performance of the Night” award. [45] From the post-fight interview with commentator Joe Rogan, McGregor mentioned the UFC Featherweight Championship as his second goal from the organisation, stating that”If [the UFC] want, I’ll eliminate Chad Mendes and step in and give the fans what they need; Aldo vs. McGregor.”

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