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Conor Anthony McGregor (Irish: Conch??r Ant??in Mac Gr??ag??ir;[9] born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He's the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion. As of 1 July 2019, he's ranked #3 in the official UFC lightweight rankings and #9 from the official UFC pound-for-pound ranks. McGregor began his MMA career in 2008 as well as in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both names concurrently before vacating them to signal with the UFC. In 2015, at UFC 194, he defeated Jos?? Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship via knockout 13 seconds into the first round, that's the fastest victory in UFC title history. Upon defeating Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205, McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to maintain titles in two weight divisions simultaneously. McGregor began his professional boxing career in 2017. In his debut boxing match, he was conquered by Floyd Mayweather Jr.He is the largest pay-per-view (PPV) draw in MMA history, having headlined five out of those six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view events. His headline bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event. His boxing match with Mayweather drew 4.3 million PPV buys in North America, the next most in history.On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, beating Gary Morris using a second-round TKO. After McGregor won his second fight against Mo Taylor, he left his featherweight debut in a loss via entry against Artemij Sitenkov. Following a success at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor considered another career path before his mother contacted his coach John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to keep on pursuing mixed martial arts. [25] McGregor then won his next battle, also at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a fight against Joseph Duffy, where he received his next expert loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke. Following this, during 2011 and 2012, McGregor went to an eight-fight winning streak,[26] through which he won both the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight championships, making him the first European professional mixed martial artist to carry names in two branches simultaneously. Back in February 2013, UFC president Dana White chose to Dublin, Ireland to receive a Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from Trinity College and has been inundated with requests to sign McGregor into the UFC. Following a meeting with McGregor, and speaking with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, White offered him a contract later. Ultimate Fighting Championship (2013--present) 2013 UFC debut In February 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced that they had signed McGregor to some multi-fight contract. [27] In joining, McGregor became only the second fighter from Ireland to compete to the firm, following fellow SBG team member Tom Egan. On 6 April 2013, McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage on the first card card of UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi. [28] Brimage began the fight aggressively, meeting McGregor in the center of the octagon before starting a flurry of strikes to push him . McGregor, repeatedly throwing a counter left hand, seen little success with his initial striking. After ascertaining that Brimage was vulnerable to some snap kick directed at his chest and chin, McGregor began to apply a looping left hand uppercut, throwing every single time Brimage would proceed forwards into striking variety. All these uppercuts grounded Brimage shortly after McGregor began to use them. The bout was stopped 1:07 into the first round. [29] The win also earned McGregor his initial"Knockout of the Night" award. [30] McGregor was expected to confront Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 at UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled from this bout citing an accident and has been replaced by Max Holloway. [31] McGregor bewildered Holloway with his unusual boxing strategy, and his incorporation of a wide array of taekwondo kicks, a lot of which aren't utilized in MMA to some substantial level. McGregor managed to control the striking range by using long, non-committal low side kicks to Holloway's knee and shin, and initiate combinations by leaping in with bike and switch kicks. After the battle was brought to the ground, McGregor maintained top hands, performing different positional advances, and mitigating his opponent's offence on the floor. [32] McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision (30--27, 30--27, and 30--26). After the bout with Holloway, an MRI study revealed that McGregor had torn his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) throughout the bout and might require surgery, keeping him out of action for up to ten weeks. [33] 2014 Return after trauma McGregor was anticipated to face Cole Miller on 19 July 2014 in UFC Fight Night 46 in his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury. [34] However, Miller pulled out of the bout mentioning a thumb injury and has been replaced by Diego Brand??o. [35] McGregor fought Brand??o in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 at The O2 in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. McGregor began the struggle with a touch turning side kick, before finding his range and successfully landing various taekwondo kicks, and left counters. Brand??o, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black buckle, tried to instigate two takedowns, so that he could take advantage of his grappling pedigree, but both attempts were avoided by McGregor. Nonetheless, much of the fight was spent on ground, as McGregor attained a takedown 1:20 to the bout. After the fight returned to the feet in the third minute, McGregor began to use his left hand crossover, and started to cut the cage. Brand??o, trapped between the octagon and McGregor, dropped to his side after being struck with another left hand crossover as the fight went to its fourth minute. [36][37] The battle was officially halted by Faith Leon Roberts at 4:05 of the very first round. The triumph earned McGregor his first"Performance of the Night" award. [38] Prior to his next bout, McGregor met with Lorenzo Fertitta and signed up a fresh multi-fight contract with the UFC. McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014 in UFC 178. [39] The bout was among the most anticipated fights on the UFC 178 card, with McGregor and Poirier just two of only four men involved with the pre-fight media conference, alongside the originally scheduled headliners Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. [40] Part of the expectancy stemmed in the challenge the match-up introduced: Poirier was McGregor's first opponent ranked in the UFC's top ten featherweights. [41][42] Regardless of McGregor landing 9 significant strikes to Poirier's 10, he managed to secure a success early in the first round, by pressuring Poirier on his rear foot, before exploding with a left hook supporting Poirier's ear, forcing referee Herb Dean to measure in. The finish officially came at 1:46 to the first round. [43][44] This marked Poirier's first UFC loss via KO/TKO, and got McGregor his second straight"Performance of the Night" award. [45] In the post-fight interview with commentator Joe Rogan, McGregor cited the UFC Featherweight Championship as his second target from the organisation, stating that"If [the UFC] want, I'll eliminate Chad Mendes and step in and give the fans exactly what they want; Aldo vs. McGregor." Read more: http://classicsounds.pl/mma-odds-and-ends-for-tuesday-jessica-eye-next-for-valentina-shevchenko/