Conor McGregor News

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor proudly carries the Irish flag with him at weigh-ins, and when he walks to the Octagon on fight night. McGregor is credited with starting the UFC’s ‘Irish Invasion’ along with his SBG Ireland teammates. For Saint Patricks day, McGregor took to Instagram with a message for his fellow Irish.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

I feel like a young D. Higgins rolling around this town. I 💚 you #Eire A photo posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Mar 16, 2016 at 4:29pm PDT

Russell Ess - March 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/rnnVClkVe5g UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has fallen to defeat for the first time in his UFC career. Although it is not his first loss in his professional career, it is the first time “The Notorious” has been defeated in the UFC after his soaring rise to worldwide popularity.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

In the last 6 months, two of the UFC’s biggest stars, Ronda Rouesy and Conor McGregor, have both suffered devastating losses. Back at UFC 193 in Australia, Holly Holm pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history as she dominated Ronda Rousey for two rounds before ultimately knocking Rousey out with a brutal head kick.

Russell Ess - March 16, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor fought two weight classes above his previous UFC fights at UFC 196. The move up in weight to face UFC lightweight and welterweight veteran Nate Diaz proved to be a tall task as Diaz was able to weather the early storm of McGregor and submitted him in the second round. Gunnar Nelson, training partner of “The Notorious” recently spoke with Submission Radio about McGregor’s fighting weight (transcribed by Bloody Elbow).

bjpenndotcom - March 15, 2016

It doesn’t matter where Conor McGregor fights, when the featherweight champ shows up, so do his Irish fans. Earlier this month when McGregor fought Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 in Las Vegas, the Irish fans came out in droves.

Russell Ess - March 15, 2016

No one likes to lose, and as many say in the sport of MMA, fighters will experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

bjpenndotcom - March 15, 2016

At UFC 196, Conor McGregor jumped up two weight classes to fight Nate Diaz at welterweight after UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from the bout with a broken foot. While UFC President Dana White was under the impression that Diaz was training for a triathlon at the time he accepted the bout, Diaz admitted post-fight that was not the case.

Chris Taylor - March 14, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans predicted that Nate Diaz would upset Conor McGregor on just 11 days notice in a welterweight bout that headlined UFC 196 just over a week ago. “Suga” was a recent guest on Ariel Helwani’s show ‘The MMA Hour‘ where he explained his decision to bet against the current featherweight champion:

Russell Ess - March 14, 2016

Horrific news broke after an incident that occurred earlier this month left a man dead in south Dublin, Ireland. Taekwondo black belt Jonathan Dargan who is a former trainer of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor could now be in a world of trouble after an alleged drunken altercation led to the death of a 57-year-old Dublin man.

Russell Ess - March 14, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may have to find another taekwondo instructor after an incident has left a man dead in south Dublin, Ireland. Taekwondo black belt Jonathan Dargan was arrested and questioned last week by gardai after a man died due to a head injury.

Russell Ess - March 14, 2016

The beef between the Diaz and McGregor camps appeared to be over. However, since Nate Diaz finished Conor McGregor at UFC 196, there have been a few pokes from both sides and it is simply just fighters being fighters.

Russell Ess - March 14, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has not let the first loss of his UFC career bring him down. Despite losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, “The Notorious” is already looking to get back into the Octagon.

Chris Taylor - March 13, 2016

The coach of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, John Kavanagh, was a recent guest on Ariel Helwani’s popular show “The MMA Hour“. Coach Kavanagh discussed McGregor’s UFC 196 submission loss to Nate Diaz and gave his take on what went wrong for the Irish superstar.

Chris Taylor - March 13, 2016

According to the original founder of MiddleEasy.com, Zeus Tipado, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has turned down an offer from the UFC to rematch Nate Diaz at July’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Zeus, who has employed very close members of the Diaz camp, took to Twitter to drop the news. Check it out:

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

UFC bantamweight contender Bryan Caraway believes that current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey receive special privileges from UFC officials. According to “Kid Lightning”, the people who can “pull strings” in the UFC are the promotions president Dana White and current UFC superstars Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey. His words to MMAJunkie:

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

Fans and analysts have been critical of Conor McGregor’s performance at UFC 196, many blaming the “weight gain” for his submission loss to Nate Diaz. McGregor’s strength and conditioning coach John Connor does not believe that the loss had anything to do with Conor’s weight gain and that he was at “peak condition” going in to the bout. His words:

bjpenndotcom - March 12, 2016

With UFC 200 rapidly approaching, talk of dream fights for the UFC to book for the event are at an all-time high. In the wake of UFC 196, we now know that Conor McGregor will drop back down to featherweight to defend his UFC featherweight championship, however there has been no word yet on whether Jose Aldo or Frankie Edgar will contest for the belt.