Conor McGregor News

Russell Ess - November 22, 2016

Conor McGregor isn’t the first one to do it, but he has surely lit the fire to bring it to a lot of people’s attention.

bjpenndotcom - November 22, 2016

https://youtu.be/KV4w406fK8c Earlier this month, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor did what no man in the history of the UFC has ever done before as he moved up to lightweight to capture the UFC lightweight championship and become the first ever simultaneous two-division UFC champion.

Russell Ess - November 22, 2016

The idea of Conor McGregor moving up to fight Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title is surely a possibility with the way “The Notorious” has been working. Despite McGregor having a 1-1 UFC record at 170, the most recent welterweight title challenger, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson feels that “The Notorious” isn’t physically big enough to compete with the UFC welterweights. McGregor has fought twice in the UFC at 170. However, both welterweight bouts were against Nate Diaz, who has spent most of his career in the UFC lightweight division.

Tom Taylor - November 22, 2016

In the main event of UFC 205, UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor made history by knocking out lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously. Moments after the Irishman’s history-making victory, the MMA community was already debating as to who his next opponent should be. Really, there are five clear options for McGregor’s next fight: interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, long-time rival Nate Diaz, or one of two top-ranked lightweights in Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Russell Ess - November 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/1YXYwVP-qvA Conor McGregor made history at UFC 205 by becoming the first fighter to be a concurrent champion of two UFC weight division’s.

Tom Taylor - November 21, 2016

Earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 205, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor thumped Eddie Alvarez to claim the UFC lightweight title. In doing so, he became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions concurrently. Having achieved this history-making win, McGregor’s hype reached new and unprecedented levels, as he scaled pound-for-pound lists and found himself being mentioned in greatest-of-all-time debates that used to be reserved for names like Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Fedor Emelianenko and Jon Jones.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2016

  On Saturday afternoon (Saturday night in Europe), the UFC returned to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the first time since UFC 72, all the way back in June of 2007. They did so with UFC Fight Night 99. While the highlight of the card was undeniably Gegard Mousasi’s score settling destruction of former foil Uriah Hall, no fighter’s performance generated as big a fan response as Russian-born Irishman Artem “The Russian Hammer” Lobov’s.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

Earlier this month, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor successfully made his UFC lightweight debut as he TKOd Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their UFC 205 main event scrap, entering himself into the UFC history books as the first man to simultaneously hold two UFC championships. Leading up to the fight however, McGregor was involved in several disputes with welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, who retained his welterweight strap in the co-main event as he fought Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson to a majority draw.

Russell Ess - November 18, 2016

UFC superstar Conor McGregor made it known after his historic UFC 205 fight in New York this past weekend that he is looking for more than just a fight purse and piece of the pay-per-view buys. With his win over Eddie Alvarez at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, McGregor made history by becoming the first fighter in the UFC to simultaneously hold status as the champion of two separate weight classes. During the post-fight press conference, “The Notorious” stated that he is waiting for a call from the new owners of the UFC to offer him shares in the company and it sounds like at least one of the celebrity investors is listening.

bjpenndotcom - November 18, 2016

Top ranked UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov is doing everything in his power to secure a lightweight title fight with newly crowned lightweight champion Conor McGregor. This past weekend on the UFC 205 fight card, Nurmagomedov picked up a spectacular 3rd round submission win over Michael Johnson, which not only included some horrific ground and pound, but also some mid-fight trash talk from Nurmagomedov, in which he told his opponent that he must give up. The win not only moved Nurmagomedov’s UFC record to 8-0, but also advanced his professional record to 24-0, earning him the #1 spot on the UFC’s official lightweight rankings.

Russell Ess - November 18, 2016

Nick Diaz was in attendance at the 1 Oak Nightclub in New York for Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 afterparty. It’s unclear whether Diaz was invited to the afterparty by the club or if he just showed up to see how “The Notorious” and his team would celebrate after making history by becoming the first fighter to concurrently hold the status as the champion in two separate UFC weight divisions.

Russell Ess - November 18, 2016

With making history by becoming the first concurrent champion of two UFC weight divisions, the world is waiting to hear what will be next for Conor McGregor. With holding the championship belts for the 145-pound UFC featherweight division and the 155-pound UFC lightweight division, contenders in both weight classes are eagerly waiting to get their shot at the title.

Tom Taylor - November 18, 2016

Who should Conor McGregor​ fight next in the Octagon? Eddie Alvarez's answer to that question might surprise you. pic.twitter.com/UiRf0vo4DO

Tom Taylor - November 18, 2016

Now closing in on the end of the two years of mandatory military service required of South Korean citizens, Chan Sung Jung – more widely known as “The Korean Zombie” – is poised for  return to the Octagon. In advance of his return, the featherweight favorite spoke with Chris Taylor on BJPenn.com’s Rapid Fire to discuss the state of the division, and the man who rules it: Conor McGregor. According to the South Korean legend, McGregor has made things complicated at featherweight. That said, he doubts the Irish star will ever return to the division.

bjpenndotcom - November 17, 2016

Earlier this year the MMA community was left stunned as MMA veteran Nate Diaz not only defeated Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196 on just two weeks notice, but also rocked and submitted the featherweight champ. McGregor, who appeared to gas early in the fight, was noticeably drained going into the second round, where Diaz managed to land a perfect 1-2 combination that wobbled McGregor. The Irish superstar then shot for a takedown, which Diaz stuffed, ultimately resulting in Diaz securing a rear naked choke win.

Russell Ess - November 17, 2016

The UFC rankings were freshly updated following the historic UFC 205 event that took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/eireUFCOfficial/videos/1141526559219547/ One of the reasons that UFC superstar Conor McGregor has reached new levels of popularity is being able to talk the talk and then walk the walk.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2016

Tyron Woodley missed out on an opportunity that most fighters in the UFC will never get. The welterweight champion gave up his post-fight photoshoot with his championship belt after retaining the title against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in a majority draw judge’s decision at UFC 205. Woodley gave up the photo opportunity after letting the UFC use his belt to lend to Conor McGregor to have for his historic moment.