1. Conor Anthony McGregor was born on 14 July 1988 and is an Irish professional mixed martial artist.
113 Facts About Conor McGregor
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Conor McGregor is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, becoming the first UFC fighter to hold UFC championships in two weight classes simultaneously.
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Conor McGregor is a former simultaneous Cage Warriors Fighting Championship Featherweight and Lightweight Champion.
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In 2008, McGregor began competing professionally in mixed martial arts, fighting in the lightweight and featherweight divisions.
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Conor McGregor won the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight Championships in 2012 before signing with the UFC in 2013.
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Conor McGregor became the undisputed Featherweight Champion at UFC 194 after knocking out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds, one of the fastest finishes in title fight history.
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Conor McGregor later won the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205 by defeating Eddie Alvarez.
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Conor McGregor returned to MMA and challenged for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 229, losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov via submission.
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Conor McGregor is the biggest pay-per-view draw in MMA history, having headlined the five highest-selling UFC PPV events.
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Conor McGregor's fight against Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event.
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Conor McGregor was ranked as the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2021, earning a reported $180 million.
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Conor McGregor appeared on the list in 2018, ranking fourth with earnings of $99 million.
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Conor McGregor has been involved in multiple legal issues, including civil and criminal cases.
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In 2006, Conor McGregor moved with his family to Lucan, Dublin, attending Gaelcholaiste Colaiste Cois Life Following that, he commenced a plumbing apprenticeship.
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On 17 February 2007, at the age of 18, Conor McGregor made his mixed martial arts debut in an amateur fight against Kieran Campbell for the Irish Ring of Truth promotion in Dublin.
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Conor McGregor won via technical knockout in the first round.
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In 2008, Conor McGregor began training at the Straight Blast Gym in Dublin under John Kavanagh.
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On 9 March 2008, Conor McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, defeating Gary Morris with a second-round TKO.
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Conor McGregor then won his next fight, at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a fight against Joseph Duffy, in which he received his second professional loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke.
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On 6 April 2013, Conor McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage at UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs Latifi.
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Conor McGregor won the fight by knockout in round one.
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Conor McGregor was expected to face Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 at UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by eventual UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway.
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Conor McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision.
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Conor McGregor was expected to face Cole Miller on 19 July 2014, at UFC Fight Night 46 in his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury.
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Conor McGregor fought Brandao in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 at The O2 in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland.
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Conor McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014, at UFC 178.
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Conor McGregor faced Dennis Siver on 18 January 2015 at UFC Fight Night 59.
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Conor McGregor won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Conor McGregor declared that he was expected to face Aldo on 11 July 2015 at UFC 189 for the undisputed UFC Featherweight Championship, during the UFC's annual International Fight Week.
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Conor McGregor remained on the card and was rescheduled to face Chad Mendes for the Interim Featherweight Championship.
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Conor McGregor won the fight via TKO, winning the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship.
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Conor McGregor then took part in UFC's The Ultimate Fighter, in which he coached against Urijah Faber.
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Conor McGregor knocked out Aldo thirteen seconds into the first round with a left hook, ending his seven-year-long WEC and UFC title reign and eighteen-fight win streak to claim the title, earning the "Performance of the Night" bonus as well.
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Conor McGregor faced The Ultimate Fighter Season 5 winner and former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Nate Diaz on 5 March 2016 at UFC 196 in a welterweight bout.
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Conor McGregor had success with his bodywork, but Diaz began to land combinations of his own.
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Conor McGregor tapped to the submission at 4:12 into the second round.
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In turn, the fight with Conor McGregor was rescheduled and took place the following month, contested again at welterweight, at UFC 202.
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Conor McGregor won the rematch via majority decision.
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Conor McGregor's coach confirmed further reports which stated that Conor McGregor had actually been stripped of the title.
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Conor McGregor spent the majority of his public appearances in early-2017 campaigning for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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On 26 March 2019, Conor McGregor announced his retirement on social media.
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Conor McGregor had previously tweeted that he wanted a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov and that he would see him in the Octagon.
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Conor McGregor won the fight via technical knockout 40 seconds into the first round.
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On 6 June 2020, Conor McGregor announced once more that he was retiring from fighting.
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Conor McGregor lost the fight via technical knockout in the second round, marking the first knockout loss in his career.
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Conor McGregor faced Dustin Poirier for a third time on 10 July 2021 at UFC 264.
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Conor McGregor lost the fight via technical knockout in round one after the ringside doctor stopped the bout.
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Conor McGregor had rolled his ankle while stepping back, resulting in a broken lower tibia which rendered him unable to continue.
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Conor McGregor is known mostly as a counter-striker and prefers to fight standing up, as opposed to on the ground.
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Conor McGregor is known for his striking precision and knockout power.
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Conor McGregor is left-handed and primarily fights out of the southpaw stance, but often switches to an orthodox stance.
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Conor McGregor's boxing is typically considered his best skill, with the majority of his victories coming by way of knockout or technical knockout via punches.
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Conor McGregor has cited Bruce Lee as an inspiration, and compared himself to Lee.
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However, Conor McGregor heavily used trash talk in the build up to his trilogy fight with Poirier.
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On 14 June 2017, it was announced that Conor McGregor would compete in his first professional boxing match against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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On 24 August 2017, it was announced that Mayweather and Conor McGregor would compete for the WBC Money Belt.
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On 23 November 2023, in response to the stabbing of a woman and three children in Dublin, Conor McGregor made multiple anti-immigration statements, tweeting that "Ireland is at war".
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On 17 March 2025, Conor McGregor visited the White House in Washington DC at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, for a Saint Patrick's Day event.
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Conor McGregor has had endorsement deals with Beats by Dre, Monster Energy, Reebok and Bud Light.
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In early 2018, Conor McGregor signed a deal with Burger King.
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Musgrave delisted Conor McGregor-linked drinks, resulting in SuperValu, Costcutter, Centra and Carry Out ceasing to sell Conor McGregor's Forged Irish Stout and Proper No Twelve whiskey.
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Irish airports in Cork and Dublin pulled Conor McGregor-related alcohol products from their airport bars.
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In September 2018, Conor McGregor launched Proper No Twelve Irish whiskey in Ireland and the United States.
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In late November 2022, news surfaced that Lobov had sued Conor McGregor, seeking five percent of the proceeds of the $600 million deal conducted in 2021.
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In 2020, Conor McGregor purchased a pub in South Dublin, renaming it to the Black Forge Inn.
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Conor McGregor purchased a second pub in 2021, the Marble Arch.
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Conor McGregor had previously assaulted a man at the Marble Arch on 6 April 2019.
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In 2022, Conor McGregor was cast along with the actor Jake Gyllenhaal in a remake of the 1989 film Road House.
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Conor McGregor has been in a relationship with his fiancee, Dee Devlin, since 2008.
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Conor McGregor has stated that he does not adhere to any pre-fight rituals or superstitions because he believes them to be "a form of fear".
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Conor McGregor is a football fan and a supporter of both Celtic and Manchester United.
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Conor McGregor has expressed support for Paris Saint-Germain, being a friend of Sergio Ramos.
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In November 2017 Conor McGregor pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit in Rathcoole, County Dublin.
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On 22 March 2022, Conor McGregor was arrested in Dublin and charged with six driving offences, including two counts of dangerous driving, being uninsured, having no licence and failing to produce his documents.
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Conor McGregor was released on bail and his car was returned to him.
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On 23 June 2022, Conor McGregor appeared in Blanchardstown District Court in relation to events on 22 March 2022.
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Conor McGregor was remanded on continuing bail pending "further charges" as part of a dangerous driving prosecution.
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Conor McGregor had not yet indicated a plea and the judge remanded him to appear on 8 September 2022 for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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The trial was originally set to begin in January 2023, but after Conor McGregor's defence argued to the court that he could not attend the trial then due to being unwell, the judge in the case ordered the trial to start on 31 July 2024.
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Ahead of his 2015 bout with Brazilian fighter Jose Aldo, Conor McGregor was accused of racially taunting Aldo.
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In 2017, Conor McGregor was accused of racism, after taunting boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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In my family's long history of warfare there was a time where just having the name 'Conor McGregor' was punishable by death.
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On 11 March 2019, Conor McGregor was arrested outside of the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, after he attacked a fan taking a picture with a cellphone.
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Conor McGregor was held in custody for several hours before being released on a $5,000 bond.
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On 14 March 2019, news surfaced that Conor McGregor was facing a civil lawsuit from the fan involved in the incident.
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Ward knocked out Redmond in round one, and Conor McGregor jumped the cage to celebrate Ward's win while the fight was not yet officially declared over.
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Conor McGregor was separated by referee Marc Goddard, as Goddard needed to verify if the knockout was before the bell, and to ensure lock down of the cage for medical staff to assess the health of the knocked out Redmond.
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Conor McGregor charged towards Goddard: while he pushed and confronted Goddard in a wild melee, he checked on the downed Redmond and knocked him down while he was trying to get up.
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Conor McGregor did a lap around the cage after he exited the cage a few minutes later, then climbed and straddled the cage apron to continue the celebration of Ward's win.
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Conor McGregor was stopped by a commissioner and McGregor, agitated, slapped the commissioner's face.
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Conor McGregor ran up alongside the slowly moving bus and then ran past it to grab a metal equipment dolly, which he then threw at the bus's window, before trying to throw other objects in the vicinity.
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Dana White said there was a warrant out for Conor McGregor's arrest and the NYPD said Conor McGregor was a person of interest.
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Conor McGregor was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief.
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Conor McGregor was further charged with menacing and reckless endangerment at his arraignment and was released on $50,000 bail until 14 June 2018.
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Under the bail conditions negotiated by his then attorney, Jim Walden, and set by the judge, Conor McGregor was allowed to travel without restriction.
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On 12 April 2018, Conor McGregor hired lawyer Bruce Mafeo of Cozen O'Connor to represent him in this matter.
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Conor McGregor pleaded no contest to a count of disorderly conduct and was ordered to perform five days of community service and attend anger management classes.
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On 12 September 2018, Chiesa announced a lawsuit against Conor McGregor, saying that he "experienced pain, suffering and a loss of enjoyment of life" as a result of the attack.
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Conor McGregor became eligible to compete again on 6 April 2019.
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On 15 August 2019, TMZ Sports published a video that showed Conor McGregor punching an older man at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin.
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Conor McGregor had repeatedly offered the victim a shot of his whiskey, which the victim repeatedly declined, then Conor McGregor had punched him.
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Conor McGregor was charged with assault and first appeared in court on 11 October 2019.
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The court heard that Conor McGregor had 18 prior convictions from 2018 going back to 2009.
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On 17 October 2021, Conor McGregor allegedly assaulted Francesco Facchinetti, an Italian musician and TV presenter, in a nightclub in Rome, breaking Facchinetti's nose in front of witnesses and bodyguards.
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In January 2023, Conor McGregor was accused of assaulting a 42-year-old woman aboard his yacht in Ibiza, Spain, during his birthday party on 22 July 2022.
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The woman claimed she was berated by Conor McGregor before being physically assaulted.
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Conor McGregor further claimed that she was forced to jump from the yacht to escape McGregor and that she sustained a broken arm in the process.
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On 10 June 2023, Conor McGregor appeared at Game Four of the 2023 NBA Finals in Miami, Florida, to promote his pain relief spray in a planned skit with the Miami Heat's mascot, Burnie.
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Conor McGregor proceeded to punch the man wearing the mascot costume once and "knock him out", but then he dealt a second, powerful and apparently off-script punch to Brown's jaw while Brown was on the ground.
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In March 2022, the High Court made a pre-trial discovery order against Conor McGregor requiring the Gardai to disclose certain information and documents gathered by them.
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In light of the court ruling, IO Interactive ceased its collaboration with Conor McGregor, removing content that featured him from their Hitman video game series.
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Conor McGregor released a statement via the Kessler PR Group, a public relations and crisis management group, denying the allegation.
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The suit alleges that Conor McGregor assaulted a 49-year-old woman in a bathroom at the Kaseya Center, home of the Miami Heat.