Conor Anthony McGregor (born on July 14, 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and Boxer. He was a lightweight and lightweight champion at the former extreme fighting Championships (UFC). He has also participated in the mixed martial arts (MMA) sub middleweight competition and boxing in the lightweight competition.

McGregor started his MMA career in 2008, won the cage wars lightweight championship and lightweight championship in 2012, won two titles at the same time, and then withdrew from their contract with UFC. In 2015, he beat Jos in UFC 194? Aldo was eliminated by 13 seconds in the first round and won the UFC lightweight championship, which is the fastest victory in the history of UFC championship. After beating Eddie Alvarez in the UFC lightweight championship of UFC 205, McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to win two heavyweights at the same time.

McGregor started his career in boxing in 2017. In his first boxing match, he was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

McGregor is the largest PPV lottery in the history of MMA. Four of the six best-selling UFC pay per view events have become headlines. His first leg with khabib nurmagomedov on UFC 229 attracted 2.4 million PPV purchases, the most in MMA events ever. His boxing match with Mayweather attracted 4.3 million PPV purchases in North America, the second highest in history.

As of January 28, 2019, he was tenth in the official UFC pound rankings.

Conor Anthony McGregor was born on July 14, 1988 in krumlin, Dublin, the son of Tony and Margaret McGregor. He grew up in krumlin and was in colist de H? De took part in the junior and intermediate gaelscoil and gaelcolistist, where he was also passionate about sports and participated in the association football. In his youth, he played for the lourder Celtic Football Club. McGregor started Boxing at the crumlin boxing club when he was 12.

In 2006, McGregor and his family moved to Lucan, Dublin, to attend gaelchol? iste Col？ Activities of ISTE COIs life. After that, he began a plumbing apprenticeship. During his stay in Lucan, he met Tom Egan, the future UFC fighter, who soon began to train Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) together.

McGregor is best known as a striker, who prefers to stand up rather than fight on the ground. McGregor is left-handed, fighting mainly to get rid of the South claw position, but usually switching to the orthodox position. He often tries to be an aggressor in a quarrel. McGregor's boxing is usually regarded as his best skill, and most of his victories are through knockout or technical knockout. Many experts call McGregor's backward left-hand counter his most dangerous strike.

McGregor's almost always trash talking and "psychological warfare" with his opponents led to a comparison with Muhammad Ali, which McGregor used as one of his early inspiration. After Ali's death in June 2016, McGregor said "no one is close to Ali's greatness.".

McGregor started Boxing at crumlin when he was 12, accompanied twice by Olympia Phil Sutcliffe. Here, he laid the foundation for his strike ability, and received training from soldiers such as Dean Byrne and Jamie Kavanagh, both of whom trained in wild card gym of Freddie Roach. Kavanagh recalled that McGregor was "a game fighter.". He is very game. He likes to fight. But he's also very strong - he could fall badly. " McGregor's early boxing inspiration included Muhammad Ali and Roy Jones, American boxers, and Naseem Hamed and Chris Eubank, British boxers.

McGregor will eventually become the all Irish champion in his youth, but when he was 16, his attention began to turn to other martial arts. Still, McGregor continued to fight. He often fights at the Celtic Warrior gym in Blanchard Town, the home of fighters such as Gary O'Sullivan and frank buglioni. "He's here to keep up with the world champions," commented Packie Collins, head coach of the Steve brothers He continued: "I would not give my name, but the last time he was here, he was a very good boxer, unable to do the positive and negative side of what Connor was doing. When he hits, he looks like a chop. And he didn't take the traditional stance, so this guy couldn't even time him. "

McGregor has two sisters, Erin and aoife. He has been in love with his girlfriend Dee Devlin since 2008. Their first child, Conor Jack McGregor Jr., was born on May 5, 2017. McGregor knows Irish and speaks to some extent.

McGregor often trains with Gunnar Nelson, a UFC fighter, at the mjilnir gym in Reykjavik. He said he did not abide by any pre war rituals or superstitions because he saw them as "a form of fear.".

On September 20, 2017, congressman markwayne Mullin said that McGregor will address the U.S. Congress on the legal protection of MMA fighters. McGregor's speech is believed to represent a speech extending the Muhammad Ali boxing reform act to MMA, which extends boxers' rights.