Conor McGregor News

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently gearing up for his UFC 202 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz this Saturday.

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.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

Last month, MMA veteran Eddie Alvarez shocked the world as he knocked out Rafael dos Anjos in just minutes to become the UFC lightweight champion. Alvarez hadn’t been champion for more than 24 hours before he decided to call out featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who was already slated for a UFC 202 fight with Nate Diaz on August 20th. Not only did Alvarez call for a fight with the winner of McGregor vs. Diaz II, he referred to the fight as an “easier fight”, which likely didn’t sit well with the featherweight champion. This month, in a separate interview, Alvarez once again called for a fight with McGregor, insinuating that the featherweight champ was scared to fight him.

Russell Ess - August 16, 2016

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Chris Taylor - August 15, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will be looking to avenge the first loss of his UFC career when he squares off with Nate Diaz in the headlining bout of Saturday’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas. “Mystic Mac” was a guest on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and was asked if he expects the same amount of support at UFC 202 that he has received in the past while fighting in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - August 15, 2016

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has not fought in his home country of Ireland since scoring a first-round TKO victory over Diego Brandao in July of 2014. “Mystic Mac” was a guest on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani where he discussed his desire to once again compete on his home soil:

Chris Taylor - August 15, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will be looking to avenge the first loss of his UFC career when he rematches Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 this Saturday night in Las Vegas. The first fight between McGregor and Diaz occurred this past March headlining the UFC 196 fight card in Las Vegas. The bout took place in the UFC’s welterweight division (170-pounds), this after Nate took the bout on just 11 days notice in order to replace Rafael dos Anjos who had suffered an injury.

Chris Taylor - August 14, 2016

Go behind the scenes of Conor McGregor’s recent media day and open workout in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - August 14, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will rematch Nate Diaz in the headlining bout of next weekend’s UFC 202 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. Diaz scored a second-round submission victory over the Irish star in their first encounter at UFC 196 this past March.

Chris Taylor - August 14, 2016

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor recently hosted a private UFC 202 media day at his personal gym in Las Vegas to discuss his upcoming rematch with Nate Diaz on August 20. At one point “Mystic Mac” was asked to address the recently failed USADA drug tests of former UFC champions Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar, which stemmed from UFC 200, and the Irish star did not hold back:

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is just one week away from the biggest fight of his MMA career when he rematches Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout in main event of UFC 202. Diaz submitted McGregor in the second-round of their UFC 196 headlining bout this past March in Sin City. The loss served as the first of “Mystic Mac’s” UFC career.

bjpenndotcom - August 13, 2016

With exactly one week to go until UFC 202, where Conor McGregor will look to get his revenge on Nate Diaz for handing him his first UFC loss, the featherweight champ has a message for fight fans. McGregor uploaded the following picture to Instagram:

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/TWdef03nI8s UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor suffered the first loss of his UFC career this past March in the headlining bout of UFC 196 when he was submitted in the second-round by Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout.

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

Watch the full replay of Conor McGregor’s private press conference from his self-built gym in Las Vegas.

bjpenndotcom - August 13, 2016

‘Mystic Mac’ is back! With just one week left until Conor McGregor’s scheduled UFC 202 fight with Nate Diaz, the featherweight champ is still confident that he can become the UFC’s first ever 3-division champion.

bjpenndotcom - August 13, 2016

With exactly one week to go until UFC 202, Conor McGregor is making his final preparations for his highly anticipated rematch with Nate Diaz.

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

On Friday morning the Professional Fighters Association (PFA) was established to represent the collective interests of the fighters employed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The goal of the “PFA” is to organize the fighters so that they can collectively bargain their terms and conditions of employment. The “PFA” stated that it would not only be a union of fighters, but it will be governed solely by fighters. This way it is the fighters who will control their own futures.