Conor McGregor News

Chris Taylor - March 13, 2016

According to the original founder of MiddleEasy.com, Zeus Tipado, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has turned down an offer from the UFC to rematch Nate Diaz at July’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Zeus, who has employed very close members of the Diaz camp, took to Twitter to drop the news. Check it out:

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

UFC bantamweight contender Bryan Caraway believes that current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey receive special privileges from UFC officials. According to “Kid Lightning”, the people who can “pull strings” in the UFC are the promotions president Dana White and current UFC superstars Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey. His words to MMAJunkie:

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

Many fans and analysts have been critical of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor for his UFC 196 submission loss to lightweight contender Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 this past weekend. That bout (Diaz vs. McGregor) took place in the UFC’s welterweight division (170-pounds), this after the scheduled lightweight title fight between Rafael dos Anjos and Conor McGregor fell apart due to a foot injury suffered by “RDA”.

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

Fans and analysts have been critical of Conor McGregor’s performance at UFC 196, many blaming the “weight gain” for his submission loss to Nate Diaz. McGregor’s strength and conditioning coach John Connor does not believe that the loss had anything to do with Conor’s weight gain and that he was at “peak condition” going in to the bout. His words:

Scott Hernandez - 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’.

Scott Hernandez - 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.

Scott Hernandez - 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.

Scott Hernandez - March 11, 2016

In the aftermath of UFC 196, where Conor McGregor was submitted by Nate Diaz in the main event, McGregor revealed that he plans to return to featherweight to defend his UFC championship. In the week following UFC 196, UFC President Dana White visited with McGregor, and it was determined that McGregor would still be fighting at UFC 200 despite the loss to Diaz.

Scott Hernandez - March 11, 2016

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:

Scott Hernandez - 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.

Chris Taylor - March 10, 2016

UFC president Dana White was a recent guest on “ESPN Radio: Russillo & Kanell Today” where he announced that current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the octagon at UFC 200 this July in Las Vegas. His words: “Yeah I was at his (Conor’s) house last night. He wants to fight again as soon as possible. He wants to jump back in there and he wants to fight again. We are working on who the opponent is going to be.”

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.

Scott Hernandez - 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.

Scott Hernandez - March 10, 2016

At UFC 196 fight fans witnessed Conor McGregor suffer the first loss of his UFC career at the hands of Nate Diaz. Following the fight, McGregor chalked the loss up to an inefficient use of energy, which resulted in him gassing early on in the fight. It’s no secret that McGregor packed on quite a bit of muscle ahead of the fight, which resulted in many questioning whether or not he would be as quick. With Rafael dos Anjos withdrawing from their UFC 196 lightweight title fight, McGregor ended up moving up to welterweight, an extra 15 pounds higher than the lightweight limit of 155 pounds.

Scott Hernandez - 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.

Scott Hernandez - 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”