Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - November 26, 2016

Conor McGregor is no longer the UFC featherweight champion. The brash Irish Superstar relinquished his featherweight title earlier this evening according to UFC officials.

bjpenndotcom - November 26, 2016

Top ranked welterweight Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson is undoubtably one of the best strikers in the UFC. In addition to an impressive professional MMA record that has seen him KO/TKO numerous opponents with highlight reel strikes, including his wheel kick knockout of Jake Ellenberger, Thompson boasts a stunning 57-0 professional kickboxing record that saw him win numerous world championships. In his last fight, Thompson fought UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the co-main event of UFC 205, the same card where another elite level striker, Conor McGregor, fought.

bjpenndotcom - November 26, 2016

After period of much speculation, it has now been confirmed that UFC 206 will be headlined by an interim featherweight title fight between former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top ranked featherweight Max Holloway. Ariel Helwani broke the story Friday evening, revealing that in the wake of Daniel Cormier withdrawing from his UFC 206 light heavyweight title scrap with Anthony Johnson, the UFC brass could be looking to make the co-main event fight between Pettis and Holloway for the interim featherweight belt.

bjpenndotcom - November 26, 2016

With Conor McGregor currently reigning as a two-division UFC champion, the champ has expressed his desire to also potentially become the first ever three division UFC champion, and move up to welterweight to fight Tyron Woodley. In the wake of his historic UFC 205 win over Eddie Alvarez, McGregor toyed with the idea of moving up to 170 to go after Woodley’s welterweight championship. With that being said, McGregor of course is going to be sitting on the sidelines until his girlfriend, Dee Devlin, gives birth to their child in May.

Russell Ess - November 25, 2016

The #1 UFC ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov does not care who he fights next. The only thing that is important to the undefeated Russian fighter is that he fights for the UFC lightweight title next.

Tom Taylor - November 25, 2016

Ireland’s Conor McGregor, who now holds the UFC featherweight and lightweight titles, is a bona fide superstar. His tremendous blend of bravado and talent have helped him break dozens of UFC records and surpass other names like Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre and others to become the biggest star the sport of MMA has ever produced. The latest examples of McGregor’s transcendent fame occurred on the fields of the National Football League, where several football stars were seen doing McGregor’s famous “billionaire strut,” also referred to as the “billy strut” or “power walk.” Though it was admittedly WWE president Vince McMahon who created this strut, McGregor can undeniably be credited with its mainstream popularity.

bjpenndotcom - November 25, 2016

Throughout the course of fight week leading up to UFC 205, where Conor McGregor was slated to fight Eddie Alvarez for the UFC lightweight championship, McGregor was involved in several backstage altercations with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. The first incident, which set the stage for the rest of the pair’s run-ins throughout the week came at the UFC 205 press conference, where McGregor stated that he was coming for all the belts on the table, which included Woodley’s welterweight championship.

Tom Taylor - November 25, 2016

Opinions are extremely divided on Conor McGregor, who now holds the UFC’s featherweight and lightweight titles. Some people love his bravado, others find him arrogant. Some people consider him one of the best fighters in the world, others consider him the product of favorable matchmaking. Some people think he deserves all of the mountainous success he’s achieved, others think he’s gotten lucky. When it comes to McGregor, there’s generally no grey area; fans and fellow fighters are divided right down the middle as either supporters or haters. UFC light heavyweight Glover Teixeira falls on the supporter side of the spectrum. In a recent interview with Combate (translated by Bloody Elbow), Teixeira explained his belief that McGregor deserves all the success that he’s achieved, and even compared the Irishman’s fighting style to that of boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

Russell Ess - November 24, 2016

Nick Diaz takes pride in the amount of time and training he has put in throughout his career, and for good reason. The Stockton scrapper has a long history of fighting and has been fighting professionally since he was 18-years-old.

Russell Ess - November 24, 2016

Current UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor is the first fighter in history to hold two UFC weight class titles simultaneously.

bjpenndotcom - November 24, 2016

Referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy is one of the most experienced, and trusted referees in the sport of MMA. In addition to being an MMA referee for over twenty years, McCarthy has been on hand for some of the biggest fights in UFC history. This past weekend in the main event of UFC 205, the UFC’s historic inaugural card at the Madison Square Garden, Conor McGregor stepped into the Octagon for a highly anticipated lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez in a fight that also served as McGregor’s UFC lightweight debut.

Russell Ess - November 23, 2016

UFC star Nate Diaz is surely not letting people forget what happened earlier this year in March. Nate Diaz turned Conor McGregor’s world upside down when he took a fight with the current double weight champion on 11 days’ notice after McGregor’s original opponent, then UFC lightweight champion Raphael dos Anjos pulled out due to injury.

Tom Taylor - November 23, 2016

Whether you love him or hate him, its hard to deny the dominance of Conor McGregor. Barring an early 2016 hiccup against Nate Diaz, the Irishman has blown through his UFC competition, setting records and making millions in the process. It all began with a knockout of Marcus Brimage. Then came a dominant decision defeat of Max Holloway. Next up was a trio of TKOs over Diego Brandao, Dustin Poirier and Dennis Siver. Then came his interim featherweight title-winning defeat of Chad Mendes. Up next was his 13-second knockout of undisputed champ Jose Aldo. Then there were is two unforgettable 2016 battles with Nate Diaz, and finally, there was his early November knockout of lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, which made him the first fighter in UFC history to wear titles in two divisions concurrently.

Russell Ess - November 23, 2016

UFC 202’s main event was a wildly exciting bout featuring the rematch between rivals Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor. The two UFC stars create a pay-per-view recipe for success and for good reason as both men battled in an exciting five-round war where McGregor had his hand raised in a majority decision at the end of the contest.

Tom Taylor - November 23, 2016

As the undisputed champion of both the featherweight and lightweight divisions, Conor McGregor is one of the very best fighters in the world. He’s also one of the best trash talkers in the game, as he frequently lobotomizes his opponents with his sharp tongue, and throws them off their game before the fight even begins. Given McGregor’s penchant for trash talk, many fans have wondered how he’d fair in the scripted world of pro wrestling – particularly in the WWE ring, where other combat sports stars like Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have made appearances in the past.

Russell Ess - November 22, 2016

Everyone is waiting to hear the announcement on what will come next for the current UFC featherweight and UFC lightweight champion, Conor McGregor. The Irish superstar made history at UFC 205 by beating Eddie Alvarez to become the first concurrent two-weight UFC world champion, holding the titles to the UFC’s 145 and 155-pound divisions.

Russell Ess - November 22, 2016

There is much speculation as to what will come next for UFC superstar Conor McGregor. With his last title fight against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, “The Notorious” became the first fighter to be a concurrent two-division UFC champion, holding both the featherweight and lightweight titles.

Russell Ess - November 22, 2016

Conor McGregor isn’t the first one to do it, but he has surely lit the fire to bring it to a lot of people’s attention.