Conor McGregor News

Natasha Hooper - December 4, 2019

The last few months have seen a multitude of media personalities take up MMA. Now “Salt Bae” is joining the likes of Logan Paul and Wiz Khalifa by trying his hand at combat sport. The 36-year old known as Nusret Gökçe, shot to fame after a video went viral of him sprinkling salt (with swag) over some meat. The clip amassed millions of views and propelled the Turkish chef to a new level of salt sprinkling stardom.

Tom Taylor - December 4, 2019

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has only experienced a handful of losses over the course of his legendary career. Not all of those losses stung the same. Speaking to MMA Fighting ahead of his UFC 245 battle with Marlon Moraes, which will mark his bantamweight debut, Aldo divulged that his early 2019 decision loss to Alexander Volkanovski, which occurred in his native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “hurt a lot more” than his infamous, 13-second knockout loss to Conor McGregor in 2015.

Tom Taylor - December 4, 2019

Conor McGregor has stated that he intends to fight three times in the year 2020. Chael Sonnen believes the Irish MMA star will make good on this plan. “Conor McGregor’s come out and said he wants to fight three times in 2020,” Sonnen said on his podcast. “If Conor McGregor has proved that he’s anything — anything — he’s a man of his word.

Tom Taylor - December 4, 2019

Chael Sonnen has always held Conor McGregor in high regard. Yet Sonnen’s latest comments about McGregor show just how impressed he has been with the Irishman over the years. He says McGregor’s 2016 knockout victory over Eddie Alvarez was perhaps the greatest fighting talent he’s ever witnessed.

Cole Shelton - December 2, 2019

Conor McGregor will make his highly-anticipated return to the Octagon on Jan. 18 when he battles Donald Cerrone at welterweight. It is a very interesting fight, that many people are torn on. Yet, for Tony Ferguson, he believes Cerrone may very well knock McGregor out. But, he hopes the fight ends in a double knockout.

Cole Shelton - December 2, 2019

Conor McGregor is fighting again at welterweight as he is set to take on Donald Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246. When the fight was announced, many were surprised the scrap if at 170-pounds. For Chael Sonnen, he believes the extra 15-pounds is actually a disadvantage for the Irishman. He thinks it will be tough for McGregor to knock out Cerrone at that weight.

Adam D Martin - December 1, 2019

UFC superstar Conor McGregor plans to fight three times in 2020, according to a new report from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. Helwani was recently a guest on ESPN SportsCenter and spoke about McGregor’s plans for his return to the Octagon in 2020. According to Helwani, McGregor wants to have three fights next year. The first of those is a welterweight bout at UFC 246 against Donald Cerrone, a fight the UFC officially confirmed this week. The other two are fights against either Jorge Masvidal or Nate Diaz, and then finally a fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Chris Taylor - November 30, 2019

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon at UFC 246 for a welterweight scrap with Donald Cerrone. News of the matchup broke earlier this week and both ‘Cowboy’ and ‘Mystic Mac’ have now shared their respective thoughts on the matchup (see that here).

Chris Taylor - November 30, 2019

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has sent Donald Cerrone a message following their recently announced booking for UFC 246. Earlier this week, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported that a welterweight bout between McGregor and Cerrone was official for January 18 in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - November 30, 2019

Chael Sonnen believes Conor McGregor made a major miscalculation in accepting a main event fight with Donald Cerrone on January 18. On Thursday afternoon UFC President Dana White announced that the promotions first ever “champ champ“, McGregor, would be taking on “Cowboy” in a five-round welterweight main event at UFC 246.

Chris Taylor - November 30, 2019

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has shared his prediction for January’s highly anticipated Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone fight at UFC 246. ‘The Diamond’ has never stepped foot in the cage with ‘Cowboy’, but he does know what it is like to stand across the Octagon from Conor McGregor. With that being said, Poirier appears confident that McGregor’s power will be enough to stop Cerrone on January 18 in Las Vegas.

Natasha Hooper - November 30, 2019

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz and CEO of dominance MMA thinks Conor McGregor is taking the easy option for his Octagon return. After allegedly retiring from the sport but hinting multiple MMA returns and potential opponents, Conor McGregor officially announced that he was in talks with the UFC to make his Octagon return. After months of speculation, it was announced this week that “The Notorious” would be back in action at UFC 246 on January 18th, 2020 to face Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.

Natasha Hooper - November 29, 2019

After weeks of speculation, it was confirmed yesterday that Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon to face Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 on January 18. While they haven’t had much in the way of trash talk for each other lately, McGregor and Cerrone haven’t always respected each other’s fighting abilities.

Harry Kettle - November 29, 2019

The mixed martial arts world is still buzzing from the news that Conor McGregor will be returning to the Octagon in order to face Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on January 18. We all knew already that the Irishman was planning on returning on that date in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena, but nobody could be 100% sure as to who his opponent was going to be. Now, we know that it’s Cerrone, and we also know that the fight is going to take place at welterweight.

Harry Kettle - November 28, 2019

The speculation is over, and now, the highly anticipated fight between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone is on. According to Brett Okamoto of ESPN, the two stars are set to face off on January 18 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in what will likely be the main event of UFC 246. It will mark the first time that we’ve seen McGregor in the Octagon since his infamous submission defeat back at UFC 229 to Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Christopher Taylor - November 28, 2019

Darren Till is hoping to be a part of January’s UFC 246: Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone event, as the Liverpool native has called out Robert Whittaker. Earlier this afternoon news broke that former UFC “champ champ” Conor McGregor would be returning to the cage on January 18 in Las Vegas for a welterweight scrap with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246.

Tom Taylor - November 28, 2019

Conor McGregor is headed back to the Octagon. As widely rumored for some time, the Irish MMA superstar will take on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on January 18.

Tom Taylor - November 27, 2019

After coming up short against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in September, Dustin Poirier is now targeting a return to the cage in April.  When he makes that return, he’s hoping for a big-name opponent, such as Conor McGregor or Nate Diaz.