Conor McGregor: The Life Story Behind MMA's Notorious Star
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Conor McGregor is the loudest fighter mixed martial arts has ever known, and that is not a small claim in a sport built on noise. He talked his way into the biggest fights, he predicted the round in which he would win, and then he went out and did it, again and again, until the whole world was watching. He was not only a fighter. He was a showman, a businessman, and a celebrity, and he changed what it meant to be a star in the UFC. Before Conor, MMA fighters were respected athletes who earned good money. After Conor, the best of them could become global names, with whiskey brands, fashion lines, and pay-per-view records that rivalled boxing. He opened a door, and he walked through it first, with a suit, a smile, and a left hand that could end a fight in seconds.
He came from Crumlin, a working-class area of Dublin, where he grew up in a family that valued hard work and where he trained as a plumber before fighting took over his life. He was not born rich, and he was not born famous. He was a young man on welfare, living in his parents’ house, training in a small gym in Dublin, and dreaming of a life that seemed far away. His girlfriend, Dee Devlin, supported him in those early years, and his coach, John Kavanagh, believed in him when few others did. That small circle, a gym, a coach, and a partner who stood by him, became the foundation of everything that followed.
Conor’s rise was fast and spectacular. He won two titles in Cage Warriors, he joined the UFC in 2013, and within two years he had beaten José Aldo in thirteen seconds to win the featherweight title. A year later, he beat Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title, becoming the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles at the same time. He fought Floyd Mayweather Jr in a boxing match in 2017, he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018 in one of the biggest fights in MMA history, and he broke his leg in a fight against Dustin Poirier in 2021. Since then, his career has stalled, his fights have become rare, and his life outside the cage has often made more news than his life inside it. This is the story of the rise, the peak, and the long, noisy fall from the top.
Crumlin, Plumbing, and a Small Gym in Dublin
Conor Anthony McGregor was born on 14 July 1988 in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, and he grew up in a working-class family in a part of the city known for its strong community and its tough streets. His father, Tony, worked as a taxi driver, and his mother, Margaret, worked in a variety of jobs, and the family lived a normal, modest life. Conor went to school in Crumlin, he played football as a boy, and he was, by his own account, a lively and sometimes difficult young man. He was not a natural student, and he was not drawn to a quiet life. He liked sport, he liked competition, and he liked being noticed. Those traits would later make him famous, but in Crumlin they simply made him a local character.
As a teenager, Conor began training in martial arts, first in boxing and then in mixed martial arts, at a gym in Dublin run by John Kavanagh, a coach who would become one of the most important people in Conor’s life. Kavanagh saw something in the young fighter: a natural athlete with fast hands, good movement, and a confidence that bordered on arrogance. He also saw a young man who needed discipline, and he gave him a structure, a routine, and a goal. Conor trained hard, he learned the basics of wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and striking, and he began to compete in amateur and then professional fights in Ireland and in Britain. The early fights were in small halls, in front of small crowds, for small money, and Conor fought them with the same hunger he would later show on the biggest stages in the world.
Before fighting could pay his bills, Conor trained as a plumber, working as an apprentice and learning a trade that could have given him a steady job for life. He has spoken about those years with a mix of humour and honesty, saying that plumbing was not for him, and that he knew, even then, that he wanted something bigger. He was also receiving welfare payments from the Irish state, and he was living with his parents, training in the gym, and dreaming of the UFC. His partner, Dee Devlin, whom he met in Dublin, supported him during those lean years, working while he trained, and believing in him when the dream seemed far away. Conor has often said that Dee was there before the money and before the fame, and that he owes her a great deal. That loyalty, in a life that has often been chaotic, is one of the most consistent parts of his story.
Conor’s early professional career was a mix of wins and losses. He lost his first professional fight, won the next, and then built a record that took him to Cage Warriors, a British promotion that was one of the best in Europe at the time. In Cage Warriors, Conor won the featherweight title and then the lightweight title, becoming a two-weight champion in Europe before he ever fought in the UFC. Those wins caught the attention of the UFC, and in 2013, Conor signed with the biggest MMA promotion in the world. He was twenty-four years old, he had a record of twelve wins and two losses, and he was about to become the most famous Irish athlete of his generation.
The UFC Arrival and the Aldo Prediction
Conor McGregor made his UFC debut in April 2013, in Stockholm, against Marcus Brimage, and he won by knockout in the first round. The performance was impressive, but it was what Conor did afterwards that made people pay attention. He spoke confidently in interviews, he called out other fighters, and he predicted that he would become a champion. In a sport where many fighters are quiet and humble, Conor was loud, funny, and unafraid to say what he thought. He wore sharp suits, he spoke with a Dublin accent that the world found charming, and he backed up his words with performances in the cage. The UFC, which was always looking for stars, saw in Conor a fighter who could sell fights, and they gave him the platform to do it.
He won his next fights, beating Max Holloway, Diego Brandao, and Dustin Poirier, and each win made him more famous. He also broke his leg in the fight against Holloway, an injury that kept him out for almost a year, and he used that time to train, to recover, and to plan his return. When he came back, he was stronger and more confident, and he set his sights on the featherweight title, held by José Aldo, a Brazilian champion who had not lost in a decade. Conor talked about Aldo constantly, he predicted that he would knock him out in the first round, and he turned the build-up into a world tour, with press conferences in Dublin, London, and Las Vegas. The fight was delayed when Aldo pulled out with an injury, and Conor fought Chad Mendes for the interim title instead, winning by knockout in the second round after a hard fight.
The real fight, against Aldo, finally took place in December 2015, at UFC 194 in Las Vegas, and it lasted thirteen seconds. Conor landed a left hand as Aldo came forward, Aldo fell, and the referee stopped the fight. It was the fastest title fight finish in UFC history, and it made Conor a superstar overnight. He had predicted a first-round knockout, and he had delivered it in less time than it takes to read this sentence. The win made him the undisputed featherweight champion, and it gave him a platform that no MMA fighter had ever had before. He was no longer only a fighter. He was a global celebrity, and the world was watching to see what he would do next.
Two Titles and the Alvarez Night
After beating Aldo, Conor McGregor did something that no UFC fighter had ever done. He moved up to lightweight, and in November 2016, at UFC 205 in New York, he fought Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title. The fight was held at Madison Square Garden, the first UFC event in New York after the sport was legalised in the state, and the occasion was enormous. Conor fought beautifully, dropping Alvarez three times in the first round and finishing him in the second. When the referee stopped the fight, Conor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles at the same time, the featherweight and the lightweight belts. He held both belts above his head, and the image became one of the most famous in MMA history.
The Alvarez win was the peak of Conor’s career, and it showed what he could do when he was at his best. He was fast, accurate, and confident, and his left hand was the most feared weapon in the sport. He could read an opponent, find an opening, and land a punch that ended the fight in a moment. He was also a master of promotion, and he had turned himself into a brand. He launched Proper No. Twelve, an Irish whiskey, he signed endorsement deals, and he became one of the richest athletes in the world. He was no longer a boy from Crumlin on welfare. He was a millionaire, a champion, and a global star, and he lived the life that came with it, with expensive cars, sharp suits, and a public profile that went far beyond sport.
Conor’s success also changed the UFC. Before him, the promotion had stars, but none of them had his ability to sell a fight. He could make a press conference into an event, he could make a weigh-in into a show, and he could make millions of people pay to watch him fight. The UFC’s pay-per-view numbers grew, the sport’s audience grew, and fighters began to understand that being good in the cage was not enough. You also had to be able to sell yourself. Conor taught a generation of fighters that lesson, and whether you love him or hate him, you cannot deny that he changed the business of MMA forever.
The two-title achievement also came with a cost. Conor did not defend either title, and he was eventually stripped of both belts, the featherweight title in late 2016 and the lightweight title in 2018. He had achieved something historic, but he had not built a long reign as a champion. He had taken the titles and moved on to bigger things, and the sport moved on without him. That pattern, of reaching the top and then leaving it behind, would repeat itself in the years that followed, as Conor’s career became less about defending titles and more about chasing the biggest fights and the biggest paydays.
Mayweather, Khabib, and the Biggest Nights
In August 2017, Conor McGregor fought Floyd Mayweather Jr in a boxing match in Las Vegas, in one of the richest fights in combat sports history. Mayweather was unbeaten in forty-nine professional boxing matches, and he was one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. Conor had never boxed professionally before, and most people expected Mayweather to win easily. Conor fought bravely, winning some of the early rounds, but Mayweather took over in the later rounds and stopped him in the tenth. The fight made both men a great deal of money, and it made Conor even more famous, because he had stepped into a different sport and held his own against the best. It also took him away from MMA for more than a year, and when he returned, the sport had moved on.
His return came in October 2018, against Khabib Nurmagomedov, the unbeaten lightweight champion from Dagestan, in a fight that became the biggest pay-per-view event in UFC history. The build-up was ugly, with insults, threats, and a notorious incident in which Conor threw a trolley at a bus carrying Khabib and other fighters in New York. The fight itself was one-sided. Khabib took Conor down, controlled him on the ground, and submitted him in the fourth round. After the fight, a brawl broke out in and around the cage, and both men were punished by the Nevada commission. The loss was a humbling one for Conor, and it showed the limits of his game. Against a wrestler as good as Khabib, his striking was not enough, and his ground game was exposed.
Conor fought again in January 2020, beating Donald Cerrone in forty seconds, a win that suggested he might be back. But his next fights, against Dustin Poirier in 2021, ended in defeat. Poirier knocked him out in January 2021, and in the rematch in July 2021, Conor broke his leg in the first round, an injury that required surgery and a long recovery. The leg break was a turning point. Conor has not fought in the UFC since that night, and his return has been delayed again and again, by injuries, by business commitments, and by a life outside the cage that has often made headlines for the wrong reasons. The fighter who once predicted his wins with such confidence has become a man waiting for a comeback that may never come.
Business, Fame, and Trouble Outside the Cage
Conor McGregor’s life outside the cage has become as famous as his life inside it, and not always for good reasons. He built a business empire, with Proper No. Twelve whiskey, which he later sold a majority stake in for a reported large sum, and with other ventures in clothing, fitness, and hospitality. He became one of the richest athletes in the world, and he lived a life of luxury that he often showed on social media. He bought a pub in Dublin, he invested in property, and he became a businessman as well as a fighter. That success is real, and it shows a side of Conor that is often overlooked: he is clever, he understands branding, and he knows how to turn fame into money.
But the fame has also brought trouble. Conor has been involved in a series of incidents outside the cage, including the bus attack in New York in 2018, a pub incident in Dublin in 2019, and various legal problems in Ireland and in the United States. In November 2024, a civil jury in Dublin found him liable in a case brought by a woman who said he had assaulted her in a Dublin hotel in 2018, and he was ordered to pay damages. Conor has denied the allegation and has said he will appeal, and the case remains a subject of public debate. It is a serious matter, and it has damaged his reputation in Ireland and beyond. It is also a reminder that fame does not protect a person from the consequences of their actions, and that the law applies to everyone, even to a global star.
Conor’s public behaviour has also become more erratic in recent years. He has posted controversial messages on social media, he has spoken about politics in Ireland, and he has been criticised for comments that many people found offensive. He has also spoken about running for public office in Ireland, a suggestion that has been met with a mix of amusement and concern. Whether he is serious about politics, or whether it is another form of promotion, is not clear. What is clear is that Conor McGregor is no longer only a fighter. He is a public figure whose words and actions are watched, reported, and debated, and whose legacy will be judged not only by his fights, but by how he has used his fame.
His family life, by contrast, has been a more stable part of his story. He and Dee Devlin have four children, and Conor has often spoken about his love for his family and about wanting to provide for them. Dee has been with him since before the fame, and she has stayed with him through the highs and the lows. That loyalty is one of the few constants in a life that has changed beyond recognition in a decade. Conor’s children have grown up in a world of wealth and fame that their father never knew as a boy in Crumlin, and Conor has said that he wants them to have a better life than he had. Whether he can give them that life, while also living the public life he has chosen, remains to be seen.
The Long Wait for a Comeback
Since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in July 2021, Conor McGregor has not fought in the UFC, and his return has become one of the longest-running stories in MMA. He was scheduled to fight Michael Chandler in June 2024, but he pulled out with a toe injury, and the fight was cancelled. He has spoken about fighting again, he has posted training videos, and he has named opponents, but the fight has not happened. He has also been involved in a dispute with the UFC over his contract and over the testing programme that fighters must follow, and those disputes have added to the delay. As time passes, the question grows louder: will Conor McGregor ever fight again, and if he does, will he still be the fighter he once was?
The long absence has changed how people talk about Conor. When he was active, he was the centre of the sport, the fighter everyone wanted to see. Now, younger fighters have taken his place, and the UFC has moved on. New champions have been crowned, new stars have emerged, and Conor’s name is mentioned less in the context of fights and more in the context of business and controversy. That is a sad change for a fighter who once dominated the sport, but it is also a natural one. Sport moves on, and no athlete, however famous, can stay at the top forever. Conor’s challenge now is to decide what his next chapter will be, whether it is in the cage, in business, or in public life, and to make that chapter worthy of the ones that came before it.
There is also a question about his health and his legacy. Conor took a great deal of punishment in his career, and he has lived a hard life outside the cage. He is still only in his thirties, and he has time to rebuild, but the longer he stays away, the harder a comeback becomes. Fighters who return after a long absence often find that the sport has changed, that their reflexes have slowed, and that the hunger that once drove them has faded. Conor has always been driven by hunger, by the desire to prove himself, and by the need to be noticed. Whether that hunger is still there, after years of wealth and fame, is a question only he can answer.
What Conor McGregor Leaves Behind
Conor McGregor’s legacy in MMA is secure, even if he never fights again. He was the first fighter to hold two UFC titles at the same time, he headlined the biggest pay-per-view events in the sport’s history, and he brought MMA to a global audience that had never watched it before. He showed that a fighter could be a businessman, a celebrity, and a champion, all at the same time, and he opened doors for a generation of fighters who followed him. His left hand, his movement, and his ability to predict his wins made him one of the most exciting fighters to watch, and his fights against Aldo, Alvarez, and Diaz will be remembered as some of the great moments in UFC history.
His legacy is also complicated, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. The bus attack, the legal troubles, and the civil case in Dublin have damaged his reputation, and they have made many people in Ireland, the country that once celebrated him as a hero, turn away from him. He is no longer the beloved boy from Crumlin who made good. He is a controversial figure, admired by some, criticised by others, and watched by all. That complexity is part of his story, and it is part of what makes him such a fascinating figure. He is not a simple hero, and he is not a simple villain. He is a man who achieved extraordinary things, and who also made serious mistakes, and who is still living with the consequences of both.
In the end, Conor McGregor’s story is a story about ambition, about what happens when a young man from a working-class neighbourhood decides that he wants to be the biggest star in the world, and then becomes it. It is a story about talent, about hard work, and about the power of self-belief. It is also a story about what happens when fame comes too fast, when money comes too easily, and when a person is not ready for the life that success brings. Conor’s story is not finished, and it may yet have another chapter in the cage. But whatever happens next, the rise from Crumlin to Madison Square Garden, from welfare to millions, from a small gym in Dublin to the biggest stages in the world, will remain one of the most remarkable journeys in the history of combat sports.
My Take:
I have mixed feelings about Conor McGregor, and I want to be honest about them, because I think many people feel the same way. On one hand, I admire what he achieved. He came from Crumlin, from a working-class family, from a life on welfare and an apprenticeship as a plumber, and he became the biggest star in MMA history. He did it with talent, with hard work, and with a belief in himself that was almost absurd in its confidence. He predicted that he would knock out José Aldo in the first round, and he did it in thirteen seconds. He predicted that he would win two titles, and he did it in one night at Madison Square Garden. That kind of self-belief is rare, and it is inspiring. It shows what can happen when a person refuses to accept the limits that other people place on them, and when they work every day to prove themselves right.
I also admire the way Conor changed the business of fighting. Before him, MMA fighters were athletes who fought for a living. After him, they could be brands, businessmen, and global celebrities. He showed that a fighter could launch a whiskey, sign endorsement deals, and become rich beyond the money earned in the cage. He opened doors for other fighters, and he made the sport bigger and more popular than it had ever been. Whether you like his style or not, you have to respect what he did for MMA. He took a sport that was still growing, and he made it a global phenomenon, and he did it largely on the strength of his own personality. That is a remarkable achievement, and it is one that will last long after his fighting days are over.
But I also have to be honest about the other side of Conor’s story, because it is impossible to ignore. The bus attack in New York, the pub incident in Dublin, and the civil case in 2024 have damaged his reputation, and they have made it hard for many people, including people in Ireland who once loved him, to support him in the way they once did. I do not want to pretend that those things do not matter, because they do. A man who throws a trolley at a bus, who hits a man in a pub, and who is found liable in a civil court for assault, is not a hero, no matter how good he is in a cage. I think Conor knows that, and I think he has struggled to live with the consequences of his actions. The lesson here is a hard one, but it is true: talent does not excuse bad behaviour, and fame does not protect you from the law. Conor’s story shows that you can be the best fighter in the world and still make terrible choices, and that those choices will follow you.
I think about Dee Devlin a lot when I think about Conor, because she has been there from the start, before the money, before the fame, before the titles. She worked while he trained, she believed in him when few others did, and she has stayed with him through the highs and the lows. That loyalty is rare, and it says something good about Conor, that he chose a partner who believed in him, and that he has stayed loyal to her. It also says something about Dee, that she saw something in a young man from Crumlin that the rest of the world could not yet see. I hope that Conor understands how lucky he is to have her, and I hope that his family gives him a reason to make better choices in the years ahead. A man who has four children has a responsibility that goes beyond himself, and I think Conor is still learning what that responsibility means.
The leg break against Poirier in 2021 is the moment when Conor’s career changed, and I think it is a sad moment to reflect on. He was winning the early part of the fight, or at least competing well, and then his leg gave way, and he was left sitting on the canvas, in pain, with his career in doubt. Since then, he has not fought, and his return has been delayed again and again. I wonder if he will ever come back, and if he does, whether he will still be the fighter he once was. Fighters who stay away for a long time often find that the sport has moved on without them, and that their reflexes have slowed. Conor is still young, but time is not on his side. I hope he fights again, because I would like to see him finish his career in the cage, on his own terms, rather than fading away in a series of cancelled fights and social media posts. But I also understand that a comeback is not guaranteed, and that sometimes the bravest thing a fighter can do is to accept that his time has passed.
I also think about the Mayweather fight, and I think it shows both the best and the worst of Conor. The best was his courage. He had never boxed professionally, and he stepped into the ring with the greatest defensive boxer of his generation, in front of the whole world, and he fought bravely. He won some early rounds, and he showed that he belonged, even in a sport that was not his own. The worst was what came after. The fight made him incredibly rich, and it took him away from MMA for a long time. When he returned, he was not the same fighter, and the sport had moved on. I think the Mayweather fight was a turning point, not because Conor lost, but because it showed him a life beyond fighting, a life of money and fame that was easier than the hard work of training and defending titles. Once you have tasted that life, it is hard to go back to the gym every day, and I think Conor has struggled with that choice ever since.
If I had to sum up Conor McGregor, I would say that he is a man of extraordinary talent and extraordinary flaws, and that both parts are true at the same time. He is a great fighter, a brilliant promoter, and a businessman who changed his sport. He is also a man who has made serious mistakes, who has hurt people, and who has damaged his own reputation. I do not think we should ignore either side. We should admire the talent, and we should be honest about the mistakes. That is the only fair way to tell his story. Conor’s rise from Crumlin to the top of the world is inspiring, and his fall from that top is a warning. The warning is simple: fame is not a shield, money is not a solution, and talent is not an excuse. The people who love you, the family who stood by you before you were famous, are the ones who matter most, and if you lose them, you lose everything that made the rise worthwhile. I also think about the way Conor’s story shows the power of self-belief, and the danger of it. Self-belief took him from Crumlin to Madison Square Garden, from welfare to millions, from a small gym to the biggest stages in the world. It made him predict wins that seemed impossible, and then deliver them. But self-belief, when it is not balanced by humility, can become arrogance, and arrogance can lead a person to make mistakes. Conor’s belief that he could do anything, that he could beat anyone, that he could say anything and get away with it, served him well in the cage, and it served him badly outside it. The bus attack, the pub incident, and the civil case all came from a belief that the rules did not apply to him in the same way they apply to other people. That belief is wrong, and Conor has learned, painfully, that it is wrong. I think that is a lesson for anyone who believes in themselves. Believe in yourself, by all means, but remember that belief does not make you above the law, above other people, or above the consequences of your actions.
There is also a lesson in Conor’s business success, because he showed that a fighter could be more than a fighter. He launched a whiskey brand, he signed deals, and he became rich in a way that few MMA fighters had ever been rich. That success is real, and it is impressive. But it also raises a question: what happens when the business becomes more important than the fighting? Conor’s fighting career stalled after he became rich, and his return has been delayed again and again. I wonder whether the money made it harder to train, harder to take punches, and harder to risk losing. When you have millions in the bank, the hunger that drove you as a young man on welfare is harder to find. That is not a criticism. It is a human truth. Hunger is a powerful motivator, and comfort can take it away. Conor’s story shows both sides of that truth, and it shows that success can be as dangerous as failure, in its own way.
I think about John Kavanagh, Conor’s coach, a great deal, because Kavanagh believed in Conor when few others did, and he gave him a structure, a gym, and a goal. Kavanagh is a quiet, thoughtful man, very different from Conor in temperament, and their partnership worked because they complemented each other. Kavanagh provided the discipline, the strategy, and the calm, while Conor provided the talent, the confidence, and the showmanship. That partnership is a reminder that even the most individual sport, like MMA, is a team effort. A fighter needs a coach who believes in him, who tells him the truth, and who helps him prepare. Conor was lucky to have Kavanagh, and Kavanagh was lucky to have Conor. Their story together is one of the most important partnerships in MMA history, and it deserves to be remembered.
The Diaz fights, in 2016, are another part of Conor’s story that I think about often, because they showed a different side of him. He lost the first fight to Nate Diaz, by submission, in a fight where he was winning early and then ran out of energy. He came back five months later and beat Diaz on points, in a hard, close fight that showed his ability to learn and to adapt. Those two fights were important, because they showed that Conor could lose, and could come back, and could win a rematch. They also showed that he was not invincible, and that his striking was not enough against a tough, durable opponent who could take his punches and keep coming. The Diaz fights made Conor a better fighter, and they made him a more humble one, at least for a time. I wish that humility had lasted longer, because it made him a more likeable and a more complete athlete.
Finally, I want to say something about Ireland, and about what Conor means to his country. When he first became famous, Ireland celebrated him as a hero, a boy from Crumlin who had made it to the top of the world. He carried the Irish flag into the cage, he spoke with pride about being Irish, and he made Ireland proud. In recent years, that pride has faded, as Conor’s behaviour has become more controversial, and as many Irish people have turned away from him. That is sad, because Conor did a great deal for Irish sport, and for Ireland’s image in the world. But it is also understandable, because a hero who behaves badly loses the right to be called a hero. I hope that Conor can find a way back, not only to the cage, but to the respect of his country. He is still young, he still has time, and he still has the talent to do something great. Whether he uses that time well is up to him, and I hope, for his sake and for Ireland’s sake, that he does. I also think about the Cerrone fight in January 2020, because it was Conor’s last win, and it showed what he could still do when he was focused. He beat Donald Cerrone in forty seconds, landing a shoulder strike and a head kick, and finishing the fight in a way that reminded everyone why he had been a champion. It was a brilliant performance, and it gave fans hope that Conor was back. That hope did not last, because he lost his next two fights to Poirier, and he broke his leg, but the Cerrone win is a reminder of what Conor could do at his best. He was fast, he was accurate, and he was dangerous, and when he was focused, there were few fighters who could beat him. I hope that fans remember that win, not only the losses that came after it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did Conor McGregor become famous in the UFC?
He joined the UFC in 2013 after winning two titles in Cage Warriors, and he rose quickly with knockouts and confident predictions. His thirteen-second knockout of José Aldo in December 2015 made him a global star, and his two-title win over Eddie Alvarez a year later made him the first fighter to hold two UFC belts at once.
What is Conor McGregor’s most famous win?
His thirteen-second knockout of José Aldo at UFC 194 in December 2015 is his most famous win, because it was the fastest title finish in UFC history and it made him featherweight champion. His win over Eddie Alvarez in November 2016, which gave him a second title, is almost as famous.
Did Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather Jr?
Yes, in August 2017 he fought Mayweather in a boxing match in Las Vegas. Mayweather won by stoppage in the tenth round, but the fight was one of the richest in combat sports history and made Conor even more famous outside MMA.
What happened in Conor McGregor’s fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov?
Khabib beat Conor by submission in the fourth round at UFC 229 in October 2018, in the biggest pay-per-view event in UFC history. A brawl broke out after the fight, and both men were punished by the Nevada commission.
Why has Conor McGregor not fought since 2021?
He broke his leg in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier in July 2021 and needed surgery and a long recovery. His scheduled return against Michael Chandler in June 2024 was cancelled when he pulled out with a toe injury, and his comeback has been delayed ever since.
What business did Conor McGregor build outside fighting?
He launched Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey, which became a major brand, and he later sold a majority stake in it. He has also invested in clothing, fitness, hospitality, and property, becoming one of the richest athletes to come from MMA.
