Conor McGregor
Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist, professional boxer, businessman, and actor.
Conor McGregor is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, becoming the first UFC fighter to hold UFC championships in two weight classes simultaneously.
He is also a former simultaneous Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Champion.
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McGregor is the biggest pay-per-view (PPV) draw in mixed martial arts (MMA) history, having headlined the five highest-selling UFC PPV events.
His bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event.
His debut professional boxing match, during which he was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr., drew over 5.3 million buys across the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Conor McGregor in 2018
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| Born | Conor Anthony McGregor 14 July 1988 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nickname | Notorious |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) |
| Division | Featherweight (2008–2015) Lightweight (2008–2012, 2016–2018, 2021–present) Welterweight (2016, 2020) |
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Team | SBG Ireland |
| Trainer |
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| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under John Kavanagh |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 28 |
| Wins | 22 |
| By knockout | 19 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 4 |
| Amateur record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Website | conormcgregor |
McGregor was ranked as the world’s highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2021, earning a reported $180 million. He also featured in the list in 2018, when he was ranked fourth, with a reported income of $99 million.
Early life
Conor McGregor was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was raised in Crumlin and attended Irish-language schools — the Gaelscoil Scoil Mológa,
In Harold’s Cross, at primary level, and Gaelcholáiste Coláiste de hÍde in Tallaght at secondary level, where he also developed his passion for sport, playing football.
In his youth, he played football for Lourdes Celtic Football Club. At the age of 12, he also began boxing at Crumlin Boxing Club, as a way to defend himself against bullies and raise his confidence.
In 2006, McGregor moved with his family to Lucan, Dublin, attending Gaelcholáiste Coláiste Cois Life. Following that, he commenced a plumbing apprenticeship.
While in Lucan, he met future UFC fighter Tom Egan and they soon started training mixed martial arts (MMA) together. Among his inspirations growing up were Naseem Hamed, Muhammad Ali, and Bruce Lee.
Personal life
Conor McGregor has two sisters named Erin and Aoife. He has been in a relationship with his fiancée, Dee Devlin, since 2008. They have four children.
McGregor often trains at the Mjölnir gym in Reykjavík, alongside fellow UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson. He has stated that he does not adhere to any pre-fight rituals or superstitions because he believes them to be “a form of fear”.
McGregor is a Catholic.
McGregor is a football fan and a supporter of both Celtic and Manchester United. He has also expressed support for Paris Saint-Germain, being a friend of Sergio Ramos.
McGregor in 2016
Business ventures
Endorsements
McGregor has endorsement deals with Beats by Dre, Monster Energy, Reebok and Bud Light. In 2017, his endorsement deals rounded up to $7 million. In early 2018, McGregor signed a deal with Burger King.
August McGregor
Just ahead of his fight with Mayweather, McGregor announced a fashion partnership with tailoring brand David August; the brand is named “August McGregor” and is aimed at providing modern men’s suits to millennials.
August had met McGregor about three years earlier, via Dana White.
Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey
In September 2018, McGregor launched Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey in Ireland and the United States. The whiskey is named after the Crumlin neighbourhood in Dublin 12, in which McGregor grew up.
In 2021, it was reported that McGregor and his business partners sold their majority stake in the company to Proximo Spirits, who previously had a 49% stake, for a deal worth a reported $600 million.
In an August 2022 interview Artem Lobov alleged that McGregor was initially headed towards creating a vodka product, but it was Lobov who pitched the idea of doing a whiskey instead.
In the same interview, Lobov also stated that he was the one who did the background study and conducted business deals for the product.
In late November 2022, news surfaced that Lobov had sued McGregor, seeking 5 percent of the proceeds of the $600 million deal conducted in 2021.
Following the suing, McGregor aimed several social media messages at Lobov, who subsequently filed another lawsuit against McGregor for defamation, intimidation and harassment.
In January 2023, the latter lawsuit was denied by the judge and Lobov was ordered to pay the legal fees.
Black Forge Inn
In 2020, McGregor purchased a pub in South Dublin, renaming it to the Black Forge Inn. In 2022, the Black Forge Inn was targeted by petrol bombs.
In 2021, McGregor purchased an additional pub, the Marble Arch, located in Dublin. McGregor had previously assaulted a man at the Marble Arch on 6 April 2019.
Forged Irish Stout
McGregor officially launched Forged Irish Stout on July 10, 2021. The stout is brewed in Ireland and was introduced at The Black Forge Inn in Dublin.
Acting
In 2022, McGregor was cast along with the actor Jake Gyllenhaal in a remake of the 1989 film Road House.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
At BKFC: Knucklemania IV on April 27, 2024, it was announced that McGregor and his company “McGregor Sports and Entertainment” were now part-owners of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).
Professional boxing career
McGregor vs. Mayweather Jr.
On 14 June 2017, it was announced that McGregor would compete in his first professional boxing match against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr., on 26 August 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
The fight was broadcast on Showtime PPV in the US and Sky Sports Box Office in the UK.
The bout was contested at super welterweight (154 pounds) with 8 oz. gloves. The fight was expected to be the richest in boxing history.
On 24 August 2017, it was announced that Mayweather and McGregor would compete for the WBC Money Belt.
According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Mayweather would earn a guaranteed purse of $100 million and McGregor was guaranteed $30 million.
The match resulted in Mayweather winning via TKO in the 10th round, with the scorecards reading 87–83, 89–82, and 89–81, all in favor of Mayweather.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission announced the live gate for the event was $55,414,865.79 from 13,094 tickets sold.
Given the success in pay-per-views, Mayweather reportedly earned around $280 million overall, while McGregor came out with earning $130 million.
Amateur mixed martial arts career
On 17 February 2007, at the age of 18, McGregor made his mixed martial arts debut in an amateur fight against Kieran Campbell for the Irish Ring of Truth promotion in Dublin.
He won via technical knockout (TKO) in the first round. Following the fight, he turned professional and was signed by the Irish Cage of Truth promotion.
In 2008, McGregor began training at the Straight Blast Gym (SBG) in Dublin under John Kavanagh.
Mixed martial arts fighting style
McGregor is known mostly as a counter-striker and prefers to fight standing up, as opposed to on the ground.
He is known for his striking precision and knockout power. McGregor is left-handed and primarily fights out of the southpaw stance, but often switches to an orthodox stance.
He will frequently try to be the aggressor in his bouts. 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.
Many pundits cite McGregor’s pull-back left-handed counter as his most dangerous strike.
McGregor’s signature style off arena is to repeatedly engage in trash talk and “psychological warfare” against his opponents,
which has led to earning him the moniker ‘The Notorious’ and has brought comparisons with Muhammad Ali, whom McGregor cites as one of his early inspirations.
After Ali died in June 2016, McGregor opined that “nobody will ever come close to [Ali’s] greatness”. McGregor has also cited Bruce Lee as an inspiration, and compared himself to Lee.
During the buildup to his bout against Donald Cerrone and the rematch against Dustin Poirier, McGregor was respectful towards his opponents and refrained from trash talking. However, McGregor heavily used trash talk in the build up to his trilogy fight with Poirier.
Political endeavours
Response to the 2023 Dublin riots
On 23 November 2023, in response to the stabbing of a woman and three children in Dublin, McGregor made multiple anti-immigration statements, tweeting that “Ireland is at war”.
In response to a tweet by Britain First leader Paul Golding calling on McGregor to lead a “freedom march”, McGregor condemned the riots that followed the stabbings but tweeted “Ashling Murphy murdered.
Two Sligo men decapitated. This is NOT Ireland’s future! If they do not act soon with their plan of action to ensure Ireland’s safety, I will.”
He also called for the man who perpetrated the stabbings to be “tortured and killed”. McGregor later criticized Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for his views on immigration and for his failure to mention the Palestinian militant group Hamas when he wrote about an Irish hostage released by the group.
It was reported on 28 November that McGregor was being investigated as part of a criminal probe into incitement to hatred, following his social media statements following the stabbings.
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Potential run for office
It was reported in December 2023 that McGregor was considering running for the office of President of Ireland, to which Elon Musk posted on X “Not a bad idea.”
As to why he would run, McGregor said, “Among many other things, the allocation of our nation’s funds has been nothing short of criminal, and without an iota of consideration for the public’s thinking. …
Our people feel ignored. Unheard. Until of course election time. Then the waffle begins.”
A poll that month found that 8 percent of people polled would vote for McGregor for office, while 89 percent said they would not.
Miami Heat-related incidents
Punching the Miami Heat mascot
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.
McGregor proceeded to punch the man wearing the mascot costume (Heat dancer Chris Brown) 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.
Brown was subsequently treated in a local hospital emergency room, and later released. Most of the crowd in attendance booed McGregor for his actions.
On 13 June, three days after the incident, McGregor claimed that “it was a skit”, and that “and all is well” between the two.
Alleged sexual assault
On 11 June 2023, Miami police received a report that McGregor had sexually assaulted a woman the previous night in a restroom at the Miami Heat arena after Game Four of the NBA Finals.
McGregor released a statement via the Kessler PR Group, a public relations and crisis management group, denying the allegation. On 18 October, the case was dropped.
