Conor McGregor News

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.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

This past Saturday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, in an unprecedented move, jumped up 2 weight classes to fight at welterweight. Ultimately, McGregor was submitted by Nate Diaz in the 2nd round of their UFC 196 main event scrap. Immediately following the bout, many critics emerged from the woodwork to criticize McGregor for his confidence leading up to the fight. While seeing memes of yourself all over social media would irritate most people, McGregor isn’t ‘most people’.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

This past Saturday at UFC 196 Conor McGregor suffered the first loss of his UFC career at the hands of Nate Diaz as he was submitted in the 2nd round of their welterweight scrap. After the bout, McGregor surprised many as he showed nothing but respect for Diaz, and made no excuses for his loss. McGregor continued to remain graceful in defeat on social media Friday evening.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

This past Saturday at UFC 196, Conor McGregor suffered the first defeat of his UFC career at the hands of Nate Diaz. McGregor looked noticeably gassed in the second round, which subsequently lead to Diaz rocking the featherweight champ and ultimately submitting him. Immediately following the fight, McGregor chalked it up to an inefficient use of his energy. Now, boxing legend Mike Tyson has some insight into the fight, as well as advice for McGregor moving forward.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

It has been confirmed by UFC President Dana White that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will be fighting at UFC 200. With that being said, there is still much speculation as to who McGregor will fight at the historic event. McGregor has stated that he wants to defend his featherweight championship at UFC 200, however both Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar have strong cases for deserving a title shot.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

https://youtu.be/_91txguTogo Prior to UFC 196, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor revealed that he had committed to a bout at UFC 200, however no opponent had been named. This was likely to keep McGregor’s options open based on the outcome of his UFC 196 scrap. Of course as everyone knows by now, Nate Diaz defeated McGregor at UFC 196.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2016

Mark Henry, the famed striking coach of former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, was not at all surprised when Nate Diaz defeated Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196 this past weekend in Las Vegas. Henry was in attendance at UFC 200 and had this to say about the McGregor vs Diaz result:

bjpenndotcom - March 10, 2016

Conor McGregor may have recently capoeira kicked Conan O’Brien on a recent episode of Conan on TBS, however in this video McGregor and Conan go toe to toe in EA Sports UFC 2.

Russell Ess - March 10, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has gotten a lot of criticism after losing to Nate Diaz in their non-title welterweight bout at UFC 196. While McGregor was humble in his defeat and was an absolute professional in all the media obligations following the loss last weekend, fans could only wonder how “The Notorious” would be coping with the loss to Diaz.

Russell Ess - March 10, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to earn a disclosed pay amount of $1,000.000 for a single fight. That fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 196 will get McGregor much more than just a million dollars.

Russell Ess - March 10, 2016

Muay Thai legend Saenchai appears to be a big fan of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The multiple time world champion sent an inspiring message to “The Notorious” after his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - March 10, 2016

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. has beef with Conor McGregor going back quite some time. The pair have exchanged verbal jabs on numerous occasions, which has even resulted in McGregor challenging Mayweather to a fight. While it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that a fight between the two men never materialized, what Floyd Mayweather has to say about Conor McGregor following McGregor’s loss at UFC 196 is quite surprising.

bjpenndotcom - March 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/SLSk5NdvAss This past Saturday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor moved up to welterweight to fight Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 after UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from the bout with a broken foot.

bjpenndotcom - March 9, 2016

It was no secret going into UFC 196 that featherweight champion Conor McGregor was taking a tremendous risk by jumping up to welterweight, 25 pounds higher than the featherweight limit of 145 pounds. McGregor ultimately appeared to gas in the second round, something he chalked up to an inefficient use of energy, which resulted in Diaz rocking McGregor with a 1-2 combination. This subsequently forced McGregor into a desperation takedown attempt, which resulted in Diaz securing a rear naked choke win.

bjpenndotcom - March 9, 2016

Podcast guest Eddie Bravo breaks down McGreor v Diaz and the Tate v Holm  and it’s worth listening to the whole episode. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole Joe Rogan experience podcast you can skip to the 11 minute mark and listen to  Eddie Talking about Conor’s BJJ. Bravo says it’s “very, very good”

Russell Ess - March 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/tQIvjqMflgI Carlos Condit was able to stick to his game plan against the elder Diaz brother in their fight at UFC 143. Condit took the fight with Nick Diaz to win a unanimous five round decision where he flustered the everlasting Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - March 8, 2016

Kenny Florian besides being one of the UFC’s commentators also does a podcast with Jon Anik and had some solid insight into Conor McGregor. Florian thinks it was just a little so soon for McGregor.  Heres what he said on the latest edition of the Anik and Florian podcast.

Russell Ess - March 8, 2016

The world has seen a new side to Conor McGregor following his first loss in the UFC at the hands of UFC veteran Nate Diaz. McGregor was very humble in his interviews after the fight and said that he was “humble in victory or defeat.” According to Bloody Elbow, McGregor told ESPN’s Todd Grisham that he would still be undefeated in the UFC, and would be a two-weight UFC champion.