Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - October 21, 2017

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor was fired up to watch his training partner Artem Lobov fight Andre Fili at today’s UFC Fight Night 118 card in Gdansk, Poland. The Irish Superstar first appeared backstage and as you can see in the video below he was obviously quite excited to see “The Russian Hammer” throw down.

Justin Golightly - October 19, 2017

The speculation and suspense of waiting for Conor McGregor to decide just what he wants to and who he wants to fight is almost as exciting as the fight itself. Disagree or not, it’s definitely become at least intertwined in what we’ve expected in a post-Aldo knockout world. MMA, boxing or just gallivanting around in yachts, McGregor can just do whatever he wants. Wrestling legend Jim Ross thinks that sooner or later, he’ll end up in the pro-wrestling business, courtesy of a huge WWE deal by Vince McMahon. .@JRsBBQ on Conor McGregor and WWE pic.twitter.com/V4Ki2xU0rQ

Russell Ess - October 19, 2017

It sounds like Conor McGregor is making his way back to training following his professional boxing debut loss to Floyd Mayweather. Despite losing by TKO in the 10th round in August, McGregor scooped up the biggest payday of his career and it showed as McGregor was seen partying up after the fight. With Tony Ferguson the newly crowned UFC interim lightweight champion, UFC President Dana White is looking to put together the UFC lightweight title unification bout together. McGregor’s striking coach Owen Roddy spoke recently on the Talking Brawls podcast and commented on the matchup with Ferguson.

Tom Taylor - October 19, 2017

Over the last few weeks, UFC undisputed lightweight champ Conor McGregor and interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson have each shared some Grand Theft Auto inspired pictures to their social media channels. McGregor was first to do so. In his post, he appeared to address Ferguson by using the simple caption “Tony.”

Russell Ess - October 18, 2017

Conor McGregor fans are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the Irishman’s Octagon return. It has been almost one year since we last saw the combat sports superstar fighting in the UFC Octagon. McGregor last fought in the boxing ring in his professional boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather in August where he lost by TKO in the 10th round. After collecting the biggest payday of his career fighting Mayweather, many are expecting to see McGregor fighting back in the Octagon.

Tom Taylor - October 18, 2017

Conor McGregor‘s immediate future is shrouded in mystery. Will he fight Nate Diaz next, or will it be new UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson? Will he take on Paulie Malignaggi in the boxing ring? Or might he even fight somebody like Tyron Woodley or Georges St-Pierre? When it comes to McGregor’s fighting future, there are questions abound, and very little in the way of answers. Yet in the eyes of Artem Lobov, one of McGregor’s main training partners, the answer is pretty clear: McGregor will return to defend his lightweight title against interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. Lobov shared this feeling in an interview with Karyn Bryant (via FloCombat).

Tom Taylor - October 18, 2017

If you’re a Conor McGregor fan in the United States, and you’re hoping to catch the Irishman’s anticipated Conor McGregor: Notorious documentary in theatres, you’re going to need to clear your calendar on Wednesday, November 8. According to The Hollywood Reporter, that’s the only day the film will be showing in US theatres. The reasons for this ‘special’ one-day-only screening have not been shared by Trafalgar Releasing, the UK film distribution company in charge of the film’s release.  The Conor McGregor: Notorious documentary has been assembled with more than four years of footage, which should give fans a very interesting and complete look into the Irishman’s UFC career, which began back in 2013. The film also highlights McGregor’s recent boxing match with undefeated pugilist Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Russell Ess - October 17, 2017

With Georges St-Pierre coming back to compete in the UFC after being away from the sport for nearly four years, the former UFC welterweight kingpin in moving up to the middleweight division for his first fight back to challenge UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping. St-Pierre has stated that he wanted to come back for the biggest fights that would get him motivated to compete once again and he felt Bisping was the biggest fight for him in the UFC. Meanwhile, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has been consistently been bringing in big pay-per-view numbers whenever he enters the Octagon.

Russell Ess - October 16, 2017

Conor McGregor fans are all anxiously awaiting to hear what will come next for the current UFC lightweight champion. Coming off his professional boxing debut where he lost to Floyd Mayweather by TKO in the 10th round, many are expecting to see “The Notorious” defend his UFC title in the Octagon. Last week, UFC President Dana White addressed rumors that McGregor was in talks with the WWE for a wrestling match in 2018. White showed a text message conversation that he had with Vince McMahon that debunked any of that talk.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2017

Whenever a big fight looms on the horizon, MMA’s dedicated fans all chip in to add to the hype. We get fiery debates on social media. We get awesome, fan-made promotional videos. We get fantastic fan-made fight posters – the very best of which come from the artist known as BossLogic. BossLogic’s latest fight poster, which highlights a possible UFC 219 scrap between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson, is one of his best yet. The poster has a bit of everything: a stoic McGregor calmly clutching the belt, a shadowy “El Cucuy”, creeping up behind him…

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2017

One of the biggest stories to emerge from the buildup of Conor McGregor‘s recent boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. was his beef with Paulie Malignaggi. Malignaggi was originally brought into McGregor’s camp as a training partner, but after feeling as though he’d been unfairly represented by the Irishman and his team, he departed. Since then, Malignaggi has talked ceaseless trash about McGregor, and has even been campaigning for a fight with him. Now, he claims that the talks for this possible showdown with McGregor have begun, as his manager Al Haymon has reportedly reached out to UFC President Dana White.

Tom Taylor - October 15, 2017

@thenotoriousmma vs @natediaz209 !! Nate is fully healed apart from a few tiny spots and Conor is 80% fresh, @ufc #ufc Done using @inkjecta @intenzetattooink @inkeeze @killerinktattoo @electrumstencilproducts @dermalizepro @thelvxlightofficial @immortalprime @sullenclothing @inkedmag @cheyenne_tattooequipment #cheyenneoriginalcartridges #sullenclothing #inkedmag @joerogan A post shared by Steve Butcher (@stevebutchertattoos) on Oct 12, 2017 at 2:54pm PDT

Justin Golightly - October 14, 2017

Only Conor McGregor could post a single word on social media with a five minute Grand Theft Auto art edit and have it blow up. Yesterday, McGregor sent out an image of his head and tattoos plastered on the popular video game’s art. It featured him speedboating away with tons of cash and his title belts in the background. He captioned the image ‘Tony’ and the internet did the rest. Of course, Tony Ferguson couldn’t let that stand. So, he posted a video of him in all sorts of GTA-inspired situations along with… well, just watch. “Zero 😎Fucks” 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽#DefendorVacate MF’er 😎🖕🏽#TonyFergusonMMA SnapJitsu™ #SnapDownCity This Is My Mat. pic.twitter.com/9aMmzAB3z5

Russell Ess - October 13, 2017

There has been some buzz recently about UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor being in talks with the WWE for a big money offer, perhaps for a match at WrestleMania 34 in April of next year. While the UFC, WWE, and McGregor did not make any official statement on if that was the case, UFC President Dana White shut down those rumors during a recent interview with FOX 5 News. The news anchors brought up to White that there was talk of McGregor going to the WWE to wrestle next year.

Chris Taylor - October 13, 2017

Conor McGregor has finally responded to newly crowned UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. “El Cucuy” became the UFC’s interim lightweight champion earlier this month at UFC 216 in Las Vegas by defeating Kevin Lee via third-round submission.

Justin Golightly - October 12, 2017

After all the animosity between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee in the lead-up to UFC 216, the end result couldn’t be more classy by both opponents. After Ferguson tapped out Lee in a triangle choke, both men embraced and exchanged words. It wasn’t an easy fight for either of them and both men earned each other’s respect. Kevin Lee continued this respect in his post-fight interviews. Lately, he’s opened up and has said Tony Ferguson deserves to fight Conor McGregor. “[Tony Ferguson versus Conor McGregor] should happen, It should. In any other sport or in any other circumstance or situation, that’s the fight to make happen. But, like really, speaking as a fan, as a fan of the sport, I don’t know man, I don’t know if Conor wants those problems. Tony [Ferguson] is a motherf-cker. I said it before the fight, Tony can fight and he can take a helluva shot. I hit him with some big shots that I thought would like faze him or cut him, but the man just wouldn’t quit. He’s got no quit in him.”

Tom Taylor - October 12, 2017

Now that Conor McGregor‘s boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr in in the rear-view mirror, the whole world is waiting to see what the Irishman does next. He certainly has plenty of options. He could stick to boxing, where fights with opponents like Paulie Malignaggi, Manny Pacquiao and others could await. He could return to MMA for a trilogy fight with Nate Diaz. He could unify his undisputed UFC lightweight title with the interim lightweight title now owned by Tony Ferguson. Again, he has options abound.

Russell Ess - October 11, 2017

Over the weekend at UFC 216, Tony Ferguson won the UFC interim lightweight championship title by submitting Kevin Lee. Now, “El Cucuy” is ready to unify the belts with the undisputed UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and according to Ferguson, the time is ticking for “The Notorious”