Conor McGregor News

bjpenndotcom - October 3, 2016

In the main event of UFC 205, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will look to make history as the first man to simultaneously hold belts in two weight classes as he steps into the Octagon against UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. In addition, a win over Alvarez would make McGregor just the third man in UFC history to win championships at two weight classes. Ahead of the fight, McGregor and Alvarez traded barbs at the UFC 205 pre-fight press conference in New York. During the course of the press conference McGregor was asked about his prediction for the fight. The featherweight champ responded by saying that he would knock Alvarez, who has only been finished once in his 13 year MMA career, out in the very first round.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/VZmp0R-jBtQ UFC welterweight contender Donald Cerrone claims that current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is very different when the cameras are off.

Tom Taylor - October 2, 2016

In the main event of August’s UFC 202, Conor McGregor defeated Nate Diaz by majority decision, avenging an early 2016 loss to the same man in the process. Yet McGregor would leave Las Vegas with a whole hell of a lot more than his vengeance. While McGregor’s disclosed purse was $3 million – hardly a meagre amount on its own – it’s estimated that he walked away from the fight something in the area of $15 million dollars richer. Considering he’s been paid fortunes for several of his previous fights, and is seemingly always making money through various endeavours on the side, it’s safe to say that McGregor is doing quite well for himself. So well, in fact, that he estimates he’ll close out 2016 $40 million dollars richer than he was when the year started.

bjpenndotcom - October 1, 2016

Almost exactly one year ago, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who at the time was gearing up for his UFC 194 scrap with Jose Aldo for the featherweight championship, made headlines when he released a video of himself bareknuckle sparring with strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who stars as ‘The Mountain’ in Game of Thrones. Standing at 6’9, Björnsson is a foot taller than McGregor, and nearly 250 pounds heavier than the Irish superstar.

bjpenndotcom - September 29, 2016

UFC President Dana White caught quite a bit of criticism recently when it was announced that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor would be moving up to featherweight for a lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205. While White stated prior to McGregor’s showdown with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 that ‘Notorious’ would be forced to defend his featherweight championship, or vacate the belt, it was revealed that McGregor will not be stripped of the 145 pound championship despite his fight with Alvarez. Rather, McGregor will only have to vacate a title belt if he emerges from his UFC 205 scrap with Alvarez with the lightweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - September 29, 2016

Last month at UFC 202, featherweight champion Conor McGregor not only avenged his UFC 196 loss to Nate Diaz, but also left the MMA community stunned as he dropped the Stockton superstar three times over the course of the fight. Diaz, who has only been finished once over the course of his 12-year, 30 fight professional MMA career, was never in danger of being finished, but did hit the canvas several times throughout the course of the fight.

bjpenndotcom - September 29, 2016

Following Conor McGregor’s UFC 196 loss to Nate Diaz back in March, rumors began flying that when McGregor returned to competition, he would be having a boxing match with famed prizefighter Floyd Mayweather. While the fight started out as just hypothetical discussions, things quickly became more serious when both McGregor and Mayweather verbally agreed to a fight. That was followed up by a report that pinned the date of the pair’s boxing match at the end of September. Ultimately however, McGregor signed to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 202 back in August, where he ultimately ended up avenging his UFC 196 submission loss to Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - September 28, 2016

Just days removed from the UFC’s announcement of a Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez lightweight title fight, ‘Mystic Mac’ posted a questionable photograph on his Instagram page. In the photo, McGregor appears to be smoking a suspicious looking hand-rolled ‘cigarette’, with squinty eyes and an overall relaxed demeanor.

bjpenndotcom - September 28, 2016

Ahead of UFC 202, where Conor McGregor ultimately ended up avenging his UFC 196 submission loss to Nate Diaz, UFC President Dana White stated that after the fight McGregor must defend his featherweight title, or be forced to vacate it. Immediately following the fight, McGregor was asked at the UFC 202 post-fight press conference if he would be returning to featherweight for a title unification fight with Jose Aldo. McGregor remained noncommittal about returning to featherweight, explaining that the first time he was slated to face Aldo, Aldo backed out; and when they did fight, he won in 13 seconds.

Tom Taylor - September 28, 2016

Last December, Ireland’s Conor McGregor won the UFC featherweight title by knocking out the seemingly unbeatable Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds. Instead of turning around and defending his newly won title, however, McGregor then set his sights on a lightweight title shot opposite then champion Rafael Dos Anjos. As we now know, McGregor’s lightweight goals would not unfold as he planned. When Dos Anjos pulled out of their planned bout with a foot injury, the Irishman would be forced to shift his focus to a hastily-arranged welterweight bout with Nate Diaz – a fight he would lose by second round submission. This shocking loss was followed by some fairly pungent dirty-laundry-airing between McGregor and the UFC, and ultimately, by a rematch between McGregor and Diaz, in which McGregor would even the score by capturing a hard-fought majority decision win.

bjpenndotcom - September 27, 2016

McGregor Fan Clowns Eddie Alvarez With Question At #UFC205 Press Conference pic.twitter.com/D0UpBdeDD3 — SportsCast (@SportsCast_THN) September 28, 2016

bjpenndotcom - September 27, 2016

Conor McGregor was in top form during Tuesday’s UFC press conference for the first official event in the Empire State. When asked who would be the hardest fight out of every fighter on stage for the UFC 205 presser, Conor McGregor immediately shut down Jeremy ‘Little Heathen’ Stephens, who interrupted ‘Mystic Mac’ before he could answer.

bjpenndotcom - September 27, 2016

Monday evening, news broke that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor would be making a quick turnaround and returning to the Octagon at UFC 205, the UFC’s historic event at the Madison Square Garden. In addition to headlining arguably the biggest card in UFC history, McGregor faces the opportunity to become the first man to simultaneously hold 2 UFC belts as he looks to defeat Eddie Alvarez and become the UFC lightweight champion at the event.

Russell Ess - September 27, 2016

The next move for Conor McGregor once again erupted the world of MMA in absolute excitement on Monday. MMA insider @TalkMMA was the first to report that Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez were official for UFC 205 in New York, which is set to take place on November 13 at Madison Square Garden.

Chris Taylor - September 26, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the octagon at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he will square off with current UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez for the promotions lightweight title. MMA Insider @TalkMMA (Dizz) just broke the news.

Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016

Fight fans are eagerly awaiting news on current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s next fight. Most people presumed that the Irish star would return at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he was expected to challenge current UFC lightweight title holder Eddie Alvarez for the promotions 155-pound title.

bjpenndotcom - September 22, 2016

UFC featherweight champion is reportedly healthy and willing to fight at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 fight card in New York. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, the brash Irish star is “fine” and his apparent leg injury would not hinder him from competing at UFC 205:

Tom Taylor - September 21, 2016

UFC 205, which will go down inside Madison Square Garden on November 12, is still without an official main event. Last night, that appeared to be changing, as a series of Tweets from UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez seemed to confirm that his long rumored scrap with featherweight title holder Conor McGregor would headline the card. First, the lightweight champ implored McGregor to enjoy his superstardom while it lasted.