Conor McGregor News

Russell Ess - March 7, 2016

UFC 196 took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday and presented an exciting night of fights. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor made history once again on Saturday night by becoming the first UFC fighter to earn $1,00,000 in disclosed pay for a single fight.

Chris Taylor - March 6, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor suffered his first-career UFC loss at last night’s UFC 196 event, when he was submitted by Nate Diaz in the second round of their main event scrap. Following McGregor’s loss, former champion Jose Aldo took to Twitter with this statement:

Chris Taylor - March 6, 2016

At last night’s UFC 196 post-fight press conference Conor McGregor was asked who he would like to fight next following his submission loss to Nate Diaz. The Irish superstar acknowledged that his next fight would most likely be a featherweight title defense:

Chris Taylor - March 6, 2016

I stormed in and put it all on the line. I took a shot and missed. I will never apologize for taking a shot. Shit happens. I’ll take this loss like a man. I will not shy away from it. I will not change who I am. If another champion goes up 2 weights let me know. If your tired of me talking money, take a nap. I’ll still be here when you wake up with the highest PPV and the gate. Still talking multi 7’s. Thank you to the true support and fuck the hate that came out of the woodwork. I love it all. Its still steak for breakfast. I’ve been here many times in my life in some form or another. I’ll eat it all and come back stronger. Aldo you are a pussy. Dos anjos you are a pussy. When the history books are written, I showed up. You showed up on Twitter. To the fans! Never ever shy away from challenges. Never run from adversity. Face yourself head on. Nate I will see you again. A photo posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Mar 6, 2016 at 12:52pm PST

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/Yl3hgJA_X9Q At the UFC 196 weigh-ins yesterday, there was no shortage of Conor McGregor fans.

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

Yesterday at the UFC 196 weigh-ins, ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor dressed up as Conor McGregor, complete with cornrow hair, and stickers of McGregor’s tattoos.

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

We are now just hours away from UFC 196, where Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will have their highly anticipated welterweight scrap, and Holly Holm will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Miesha Tate. Ahead of the bout, UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz spoke to MMAFighting to break the bout down from an analytical perspective to point out that not only is Nate Diaz used to fighting a southpaw, but that McGregor’s mental games won’t work.

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/DXh_sj2HyCE Ahead of UFC 196, where Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will square off in a welterweight scrap, the pair joined CNBC to discuss the fight.

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

MCGREGOR vs DIAZ!!! A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Mar 4, 2016 at 5:35pm PST

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2016

At the UFC 196 weigh-in on Friday, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz had their final staredown prior to their welterweight scrap tomorrow night in Las Vegas.

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2016

This interview as all interviews for an upcoming fight is to hype it up and sell more PPV and more tickets.  This interview however was painful to watch and honestly didn’t do much to help hype the fight but the link is here if you want to watch. Conor did say he will breeze past the $10 mill mark and Diaz really wasn’t give an answer to anything.  At one point the interviewer asked about how the UFC can be bigger then the NBA or NFL.  Then it gets worse. I’m not sure why you would put either of these fighters on CNBC.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

Sqor.embed("sqor-embeddable-157be6cd-3c75-4039-a65e-b1874f6ee11e"); Jake Shields who is a teammate of Nate Diaz was right there ready to get in on the action at the UFC 196 press conference scuffle where Conor McGregor threw a punch that landed on Diaz’s hand.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz’s “touch butt” comments about his opponent UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s movement training with Ido Portal has likely started a new hashtag trend on social media. Both the Diaz brothers mocked McGregor’s movement training with Portal. On an episode of UFC Embedded, Nick Diaz ridiculed Portal and McGregor’s training with a pool noodle. “Yoy have a fu*king guy swinging a fu*king pool noodle at you, smacking you in the face with it, you know trying to promote, promote his own shit,” the elder Diaz brother said. “It’s a joke.”

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

If you missed the action from the UFC 196 press conference, you will want to see the video of the action that went down. A near melee broke out when UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor threw a punch that landed on Nate Diaz’s hand that was in McGregor’s face during their face-off at the end of the presser.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

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Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

The press conference for UFC 196 featuring UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, contender Nate Diaz, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm and contender Miesha Tate did not disappoint in the build-up to their fights taking place on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Things were heated between McGregor and Diaz through the entire presser and came to a climax when “The Notorious” punched Diaz’s hand away from his face during their face-off.

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight contender Nate Diaz came face to face at yesterday’s UFC 196 press conference in Las Vegas. The event headliners were asked to square off and Nate proceeded to shove his fist inches from McGregor’s face. Conor eventually had enough of Nate’s antics and decided to punch Diaz’s hand away.

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz went OFF on each other during an interview with Jay & Dan yesterday on FOX Sports Live.