Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to Instagram during last night’s UFC 198 fight card where he posted the following video: In case it rains money…

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

The world is still waiting to find out who current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will fight in his next bout. It has been rumored that the UFC plans to have “Mystic Mac” rematch Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 later this summer.

Scott Hernandez - May 14, 2016

While Conor McGregor has been sidelined ahead of UFC 200, where he was originally slated to fight Nate Diaz in a highly anticipated rematch, that hasn’t prevented McGregor from keeping his name in the headlines. Although highly unlikely, a potential boxing match between McGregor and famed prizefighter Floyd Mayweather has been rumored for several weeks now, with Mayweather even going as far as to predict that the fight will “absolutely” happen. While Mayweather has praised McGregor’s striking skills, the fight would undoubtably be the toughest test of McGregor’s combat sports career.

Scott Hernandez - May 13, 2016

Floyd Mayweather has compiled an astounding 49-0 record over the course of his boxing career, and while ‘Money’ is currently retired, it appears as though he would be willing to come out of retirement for a boxing match with none other than UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

Scott Hernandez - May 13, 2016

While initially the potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather & Conor McGregor was reported as being close to finalized, since then several reports have emerged that indicate the matchup likely won’t happen. While UFC President Dana White has said that if Mayweather wants to box McGregor, he should call him, he also believes that the fight is nearly impossible to make.

Scott Hernandez - May 13, 2016

While Floyd Mayweather is currently retired from boxing, and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was recently pulled from his UFC 200 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz, the two men have managed to keep their names in the headlines despite UFC 198 coming up on Saturday. There have been conflicting reports for some time now regarding a potential boxing match between the two, despite the fact that McGregor is an MMA fighter. While many didn’t believe that the match would ever be treated as a possibility, UFC President Dana White stated that Mayweather should call him if he wants to fight Conor McGregor.

Russell Ess - May 13, 2016

Snorri Björns, an excited photographer in Iceland got the opportunity to shoot superstars, Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson while they were training at the Mjölnir MMA gym in Iceland the other week. However, just before walking into the gym, Björns was intimidated more than ever after finding out McGregor was “retiring” after not wanting to deal with the media.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is known for his accuracy and knockout power.

Scott Hernandez - May 11, 2016

Conor McGregor certainly threw the UFC a bit of a curveball last month when he refused to fulfill his media obligations for his UFC 200 fight with Nate Diaz on July 9th. McGregor tweeted that he was retired, which was followed up by an announcement from the UFC that McGregor had been pulled from the event after refusing to fulfill his obligations.

Scott Hernandez - May 10, 2016

While Conor McGregor has been pulled from his UFC 200 rematch with Nate Diaz on July 9th, a rematch with Diaz doesn’t appear to be far from the mind of Team McGregor. In the wake of Gunnar Nelson’s submission victory over Albert Tumenov this past weekend in Rotterdam, Nelson spoke to FOX Sports to make quite a bold prediction for a potential rematch between McGregor and Diaz.

Scott Hernandez - May 10, 2016

It wasn’t too long ago that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor found himself threatened on social media by a man wielding an AK-47. The threat was serious enough that the FBI began investigating into the incident. During a recent appearance at an event alongside his girlfriend, Dee Devlin, McGregor was accompanied by two bodyguards according to ‘Sweeny and Moran’ who received an eyewitness account of the situation:

Russell Ess - May 9, 2016

UFC color commentator Joe Rogan gave his take on the rumored boxing match between retired world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

Gunnar Nelson scored an impressive submission victory over Albert Tumenov earlier today at UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor went on Twitter to congratulate his “SBG” teammate, while adding that the victory was the result of having “complete focus” during his fight camp:

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to his Twitter last night to praise boxer Amir Khan for taking a fight with Canelo Alvarez. Respect to Khan. Most established fighters these days look down the divisions for a fight. Very few are looking up.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been rumored to be in negotiations for a potential boxing match with all-time great Floyd Mayweather. Those rumors were initially shot down by UFC president Dana White. However, Floyd Mayweather Sr confirmed in a recent interview that Conor and his son have been in discussions about a potential end of the year boxing match.

Russell Ess - May 6, 2016

Friday had a lot of MMA and boxing fans excited as a report from U.K. tabloid, The Sun claimed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be coming out of retirement for a boxing match with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The report claimed that it would be another huge payday for Mayweather, but would give the UFC champ a much smaller cut in comparison, saying that Mayweather would bring in $144 million while McGregor would get $10.1 million for the bout.

Scott Hernandez - May 6, 2016

Friday morning a report emerged which revealed that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather were reportedly close to finalizing a deal which would see the two men compete in a boxing match in Las Vegas. While there were several details regarding the bout which indicated that the report was in fact true, many wondered how McGregor would be able to compete in a boxing match while under contract with the UFC.

Scott Hernandez - May 6, 2016

Quite some time ago, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor began throwing insults at Boxing great Floyd Mayweather. When pressed further about his statements, McGregor explained that he wasn’t doubting Mayweather’s boxing skills, but in a general fight, he would win. Now, according to The Sun, a boxing match between the pair is reportedly close to being finalized.