Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - August 21, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor earned a majority decision victory over Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout which headlined last night’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas. According to a report from MMAFighting, the Irish superstar made a disclosed $3 million for his victory over “The Stockton Slugger”. Nate Diaz apparently earned $2 million for his efforts.

Chris Taylor - August 21, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor scored a majority decision victory over Nate Diaz last night in a welterweight bout which headlined UFC 202 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White had stated prior to yesterday’s fight that McGregor would return to featherweight or vacate his 145-pound belt win or lose following his rematch with Diaz.

Chris Taylor - August 21, 2016

Conor McGregor discusses his decision victory over Nate Diaz at last night’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas.

bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016

Leading up to UFC 202, many fans wondered whether UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor would return to featherweight for a title unification fight with Jose Aldo. After his majority decision win over Diaz in the main event of UFC 202, McGregor spoke at the post-fight press conference to discuss the fight, as well as his future.

bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016

Yesterday at the UFC 202 weigh-ins, the MMA community collectively agreed that Conor McGregor looked to be in phenomenal shape ahead of his UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz Saturday night. McGregor stated that throughout this camp he has focused on his cardio so as not to gas out in the first round. In the photo below, you can see a comparison of McGregor at the UFC 196 weigh-ins, compared to McGregor at the UFC 202 weigh-ins. It is important to note that McGregor weighed-in at 168 pounds at both weigh-ins.

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

During the UFC 202 weigh-in Friday afternoon, things were understandably tense between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, despite the fact that the UFC banned both men’s teams from the event. After a heated staredown between the two, UFC commentator Joe Rogan spoke with both men on stage. McGregor took the opportunity to deliver a heated message to Diaz:

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

Stackin and Mackin at 168 lbs. A video posted by Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) on Aug 19, 2016 at 9:28am PDT

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

In the aftermath of the UFC 202 press conference altercation, Conor McGregor appeared on ‘Fox Sports Live with Jay & Dan’ to discuss the situation, as well as his thoughts on the rematch on Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

Following Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 open workout on Thursday, the featherweight champ held a Q&A with those in attendance. Unsurprisingly, the conversation quickly shifted to the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference on Wednesday afternoon, which saw both Conor McGregor and Team Diaz throwing objects at one another from across the room.

Chris Taylor - August 18, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor showed up almost half an hour late for yesterday’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas. However, after the brash Irish superstar arrived, it took mere minutes for things to get heated between himself and Nate Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

VIDEO: Conor McGregor drops the mic after ripping Diaz fans at #ufc202 workouts (@ekc)https://t.co/7c9FRxFOmA — MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) August 19, 2016

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

In the aftermath of yesterday’s UFC 202 pre-fight press conference altercation that saw Team Diaz and Conor McGregor throwing objects at each other from across the room, NSAC chairman Anthony Marnell stated that the issue would likely be discussed at an upcoming hearing.

Russell Ess - August 18, 2016

There were quite a few people that were in the middle of the war between Team Diaz and Team McGregor that put an early end to the UFC 202 press conference on Wednesday. Apparently, a young boy was hit by a water bottle by Team McGregor.

Russell Ess - August 17, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz shut the UFC 202 press conference down early on Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2016

When UFC featherweight champion finally arrived at today’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas it did not take long for things to get heated between himself and Team Diaz. “Mystic Mac” issued the following statement “bring the clinch, bring the jiu jitsu, bring the whole f*cking Stockton! I’m ready for whatever he (Nate) has to bring” and things quickly escalated.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2016

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was almost half an hour late for today’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas. However, when “Mystic Mac” finally arrived all hell literally broke loose.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

With Conor McGregor’s highly anticipated welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz less than a week away, many are wondering what will be next for the featherweight champ. While UFC President Dana White has stated that McGregor will have to go down to featherweight to fight Jose Aldo in a title unification fight, McGregor appears to have his own agenda.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

At one point in time, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was set to headline UFC 200 against Nate Diaz. With that being said, McGregor was ultimately pulled from the card for refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event. Despite that, he was cageside on July 9th to watch as Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar squared off for the interim featherweight championship.