Conor McGregor News

Tom Taylor - September 21, 2018

It didn’t take long for retired boxer Paulie Malignaggi to react to yesterday’s UFC 229 press conference, which featured Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a whole lot of trash talk. In his eyes, McGregor failed to get inside Nurmagomedov’s head, which in turn doesn’t bode well for his chances when they fight on October 6.

Tom Taylor - September 21, 2018

At Thursday’s UFC 229 press conference, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor assured that Khabib Nurmagomedov would be dead if he’d dared to step off the bus during their infamous April skirmish in Brooklyn. “If you’d have got off that bus you’d be dead now,” McGregor told Nurmagomedov. “You’d be dead and I’d be in a cell.”

Tom Taylor - September 21, 2018

Yesterday afternoon, the UFC hosted the first press conference for UFC 229, featuring headliners Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. As expected, all hell broke loose. One major theme of this wild press conference was Conor McGregor plugging his new whiskey Proper Twelve. The Irish star was sipping his new whiskey consistently throughout the event, and ultimately announced that the brand is now a sponsor of the UFC. He even offered Khabib Nurmagomedov a birthday drink — though Nurmagomedov unsurprisingly declined.

Tom Taylor - September 21, 2018

On October 6, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the cage for a showdown with undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. This will be McGregor’s first MMA bout since November of 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight belt, and his first fight since his August 2017 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

Thomas Taylor - September 20, 2018

On October 6, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor will attempt to reclaim that latter title from reigning lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov. Heading into this mammoth showdown, Conor McGregor is believed to have a significant advantage in the striking department, while Khabib Nurmagomedov is perceived to have a major edge in the grappling phase of the game.

Chris Taylor - September 20, 2018

Emotions were running high at today’s UFC 229 press conference in New York City which featured event headliners Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. As expected, Conor McGregor went off on his UFC 229 opponent, current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, for the majority of the press conference with a plethora of different insults.

Drake Riggs - September 20, 2018

It's not just Conor McGregor that's looking forward to @DustinPoirier vs. @NateDiaz209 at #UFC230! So are we! pic.twitter.com/8AgM8Wsjr6 — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) September 20, 2018

Chris Taylor - September 20, 2018

Bitter rivals Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov squared off at the conclusion of today’s UFC 229 press conference in New York City. There was a ton of security and law enforcement on hand to ensure that no incidents occured when “Mystic Mac” and “The Eagle” squared off.

Chris Taylor - September 20, 2018

Former UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor went off on current 155-pound title holder Khabib Nurmagomedov at today’s UFC 229 press conference. “Mystic Mac” was asked why he chose to come back to MMA for this particular fight. His answer was simple, because he loves this game.

Tom Taylor - September 20, 2018

It’s no secret that UFC 229, which will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champion Conor McGregor, is going to be big. According to UFC President Dana White, however, it’s trending to be the biggest UFC pay-per-view ever by a huge margin. “It’s massive,” White told ESPN this week (transcript via MMA Fighting). “There has been a lot of talk about this thing doing 2 million buys. We’re trending right now at 2.5 million buys so that’s how big this fight is. The biggest fight we’d ever done was Diaz vs. McGregor at almost 1.6 million pay-per-view buys. Then we did the Floyd Mayweather fight. And now this by far is the biggest fight and one of the biggest fights ever in combat sports to be honest with you.”

Tom Taylor - September 20, 2018

At 26-0, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has never lost a fight. On October 6, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will attempt to change that. In the opinion of Conor McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh, defeating Khabib Nurmagomedov could begin with winning a single round. Nurmagomedov faces adversity so infrequently that the Irish MMA coach isn’t sure the Russian knows how to cope with it.

Tom Taylor - September 20, 2018

Tonight at 5:00, inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City, undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor will come face to face at a press conference to promote their massive UFC 229 title fight. Ahead of this press conference, most members of the MMA community are expecting all hell to break loose — so much so that online sports books have released an extensive list of ridiculous prop bets for the conference. 

Tom Taylor - September 19, 2018

On October 6, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor will attempt to steal the lightweight belt from reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov, of course, is one of the best grapplers in mixed martial arts. He might be the sport’s best grappler period. So, if Conor McGregor is going to take his title, he’s going to need to be well prepared.

Drake Riggs - September 18, 2018

There has been little to no promotion for the “biggest fight in UFC history” outside of the commercials or little hype videos here and there. But on Thursday we’ll be getting the first meeting between the men in the main event since the fight has been made official. The first UFC 229 promotional press conference will go down on Thursday and both the lightweight UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champion Conor McGregor will be in attendance.

Tom Taylor - September 17, 2018

Conor McGregor is currently gearing up for a massive UFC 229 title fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov — but that’s certainly not all he’s got on the go. On Monday afternoon, the Irish MMA star unveiled his new Irish whiskey, which he’s been teasing since he battled Floyd Mayweather in the boxing ring in August of 2017. McGregor also announced that a portion of the sales from each bottle will be donated to local first responders.

Tom Taylor - September 17, 2018

On October 6, in the main event of the blockbuster UFC 229 card, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will make his anticipated return to the Octagon for a showdown with undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. In the buildup to this fight, we haven’t seen nearly as much of the Conor McGregor trash talk we’ve grown accustomed to. That being said, the Irishman has taken a few shots at Nurmagomedov — even if they’ve been subtle.

Tom Taylor - September 12, 2018

That big UFC 229 press conference we’ve been waiting for? Well, it’s finally official. The first press conference for the blockbuster card will go down on September 20, at 5p.m. ET inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Both UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and his challenger, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor, will be in attendance. The promotion announced this news in a press release on Wednesday afternoon.

Tom Taylor - September 12, 2018

pic.twitter.com/Xq1VQyeEkW — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 11, 2018