Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor
Conor Anthony McGregoris an Irish professional mixed martial artist who is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Throughout his career, he has competed as a featherweight, lightweight and welterweight. McGregor is the current UFC Featherweight Champion...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth14 July 1988
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
water healthy trying
I try to eat healthy all the time. I don't eat takeaways. I drink mostly water or coconut water.
moved onto people
People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.
speak speak-the-truth concerned
As far as I'm concerned, I just speak the truth.
sweet fighting serious
If I could bust out and eat anything... if I ever stop fighting, I could put on some serious weight with sweets.
animal
I don't use machines - animals don't use machines.
brilliant cage came european forever giving grateful great guys platform warriors
Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got.
overcoming speed enough
Power and speed aren't enough to overcome someone who is strategic, who knows what you'll do before you do it and can turn it on you; someone who is mentally engaged and combines the whole package.
carry represent time
I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
fighting training consistent
My diet is usually pretty consistent whether I'm training for a specific fight or not. I don't like to mess too much with it.
style obsessed train
I feel it when I need to train and I do what I feel like I need to do. I don't get obsessed with one style or one skill.
making-a-difference week train
It makes a difference when you've got more than two months versus two weeks to train for a particular opponent.
fighting psychological
A fight is mental, not just physical and psychological warfare is absolutely part of that.
world
You can take on the world in a good suit.
hurt weakness sometimes
Sometimes the truth hurts. It hurts because they have a weakness - and I exploit weakness.