Conor McGregor

Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish mixed martial artist and boxer. He started his career in 2008. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is the former UFC Featherweight Champion and UFC Lightweight Champion. He has fought as a featherweight, lightweight and welterweight. In his welterweight debut at UFC 196, he defeated Nate Diaz via TKO in the first round. He began his boxing career in 2017. He defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his first match. McGregor returned to MMA on 6 October 2018 to regain the Lightweight Championship from Khabib Nurmagomedov and won via KO. He later announced that he would be fighting Hasbulla on the first of April 2024.

McGregor at a press conference in March 2014

McGregor was born in Dublin. His parents are Timmy and Súsan McGregor. He started kickboxing in 2008, the same year he started dating his girlfriend Dee Devlin. Their son, Conor Jack McGregor, was born in May 2017.[1]

Reference

Other websites

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.