Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - May 22, 2016

https://youtu.be/U2ZcqDQDwQE UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was interviewed by ESPN where he opened up about his ‘publicized civil war’ with the UFC.

Chris Taylor - May 22, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor spoke with ESPN on Sunday, where he opened up about his ‘publicized civil war’ with the UFC over UFC 200. Here is what “Mystic Mac” had to say (as transcribed by MMAFighting.com): “I was in a time where I was like, figuring out something,” McGregor said. “I didn’t just shut out and say no to everything. I just wanted to do reasonable media, and then, hey, all of a sudden, ‘Conor, it’s three months from the fight, we’ve got to drag you (onto) 40-hour flights to come and do a runaround, New York, Vegas, California, 70 press conferences, 70 talk shows, adverts, all of this,’ and it’s like, I already made you $400 million last week. That was only last week, that fight. I need to get right.

Russell Ess - May 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/LoatX807-zg What would the stakes be if you were to play Conor McGregor in a game of rock, paper, scissors?

Russell Ess - May 20, 2016

Who do you think are currently the most dominant fighters in MMA? Business Insider released their take on “The 50 Most Dominant Athletes Alive.”

Russell Ess - May 20, 2016

Things got crazy when @FloydMayweather showed up to @TheNotoriousMMA & @DanaWhite's secret dinner in Beverly Hills!https://t.co/n7I7oqNIFa — FSLive: #JayAndDan (@foxsportslive) May 20, 2016

bjpenndotcom - May 20, 2016

[ooyala code=”V5YzVtMzE6jeckpWLmgdjLNoqEDq12YM” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] While the odds of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match are still extremely low, that hasn’t stopped McGregor from focusing on his boxing as he trained with ABU, IBF, & IBO world champion Chris Van Heerden.

Chris Taylor - May 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/iedoTgGI7cg UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was a guest on ESPN's SportsCenter late Thursday night, where he detailed his recent business meeting with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta.

bjpenndotcom - May 19, 2016

Earlier this week, UFC President Dana White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta joined UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor for dinner to discuss McGregor’s next fight. While the champ was initially slated to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 200 in a welterweight showdown, he was then pulled from the card for refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event.

bjpenndotcom - May 19, 2016

Since UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was pulled off UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill his media obligations, there has been much speculation as to how great the rift was between he and the UFC brass.

Russell Ess - May 18, 2016

Despite all the buzz of a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, UFC President Dana White is working on the next UFC fight for “The Notorious.” White appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Wednesday to announce Luke Rockhold would be fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 199 after Chris Weidman was forced out of the middleweight championship bout due to an injury. White was asked about the latest on McGregor and he shared this bit of information.

bjpenndotcom - May 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/xiMK583mqdo While it hasn’t exactly been a secret that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is working on his boxing following reports that a fight between he and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is being discussed, a new video has emerged showing McGregor boxing with ABU, IBF, & IBO world champion Chris Van Heerden.

bjpenndotcom - May 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/4LgqsFCOMME With all the recent rumors of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor fighting legendary prizefighter Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match, McGregor has seemed to be dropping quite a few hints that the fight is happening.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

While a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is reportedly being discussed, the odds of a fight between the pair happening are rather slim given that McGregor fights in the UFC, and Mayweather is currently retired from boxing. Despite that, if a fight were to go down between two of the most powerful men in combat sports, famed boxing coach Freddie Roach would be willing to train Conor McGregor for the superfight.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

While the MMA community continues to discuss a potential boxing match between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather, McGregor appears to be gearing up for a boxing match. McGregor, who was pulled from his UFC 200 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz after refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event, currently doesn’t have a fight booked, however it is expected that he will face the winner of UFC 200’s Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar interim featherweight title fight.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor got some training in with BJJ black belt pioneer Chris Haueter recently. Haueter is one of the first American black belt jiu-jitsu practitioners and is a part of the “BJJ Dirty Dozen”, which is a group of 12 practitioners outside Brazil to achieve the rank of black belt in BJJ. Haueter received his black belt from Rigan Machado back in 1996.

Chris Taylor - May 16, 2016

Pound-for-pound boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. is willing to end his retirement in order to square off with current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. “Money” spoke to ESNEWS this past weekend where he stated that a boxing match with “Mystic Mac” is the only fight that he will come out of retirement for and added that the potential fight with the Irish superstar would be nothing short of “record breaking”. His words (as transcribed by MMAFighting.com):

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to Instagram during last night’s UFC 198 fight card where he posted the following video: In case it rains money…

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

The world is still waiting to find out who current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will fight in his next bout. It has been rumored that the UFC plans to have “Mystic Mac” rematch Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 later this summer.