caller anthony mcgregor is an irish mixed martial artist boxer and businessman he is a former
ultimate fighting championship featherweight and lightweight double champion as of may
17 2021 he is five in the ufc lightweight rankings mcgregor is a former cage warriors
featherweight and lightweight champion today we are talking about conor mcgregor 10 unknown facts
one of the facts about conor mcgregor you might not know is that he was actually the
first irishman to join the ufc since signing with ufc in 2013 mcgregor has become one of
the biggest names in the sport with ufc president dana white even calling him his favorite fighter
conor mcgregor has won tens of millions of dollars one might expect him to be surrounded
by people hoping to share his wealth and spotlight however mcgregor has stayed with the same group of
friends and trainers since before he was a star he keeps grounded by being loyal to those who
cared about him before he was famous perhaps most importantly mcgregor has spoken about
his loyalty to his coach john kavanagh the two have worked together since mcgregor's pro debut
speaking on his spirituality mcgregor revealed that he is a strong believer in the law of
attraction calling it the most powerful thing in the world describing this belief
he says it is the belief that you can create whatever situation
that you want for yourself and no one can take it from you it is believing
something is already yours and then doing whatever you have to so that it comes true
mcgregor was not only the first irishman to join the ufc in fact he also boasts the
title of first non-american to hold two world titles in two different weight classes before
joining ufc he won cage warriors featherweight and lightweight titles in back-to-back fights
every fighter deserves respect for having the courage to put their health on the line
and step into the cage however there are a select few fighters who also have the
courage to transcend weight classes mcgregor is one of these exceptional athletes he does
not care which weight class an opponent is in if the fight is attractive he'll take it
he has for it everywhere from featherweight to welterweight in the ufc a 25 pound range
growing up mcgregor was often the target of bullies on his way to and from school
due to his size bullies saw him as an easy target and he struggled with bullying from a young age
things got so bad for the young mcgregor that he used to pack a dumbbell in his school bag
so he could reach in and use it as a weapon
one of the facts about conor mcgregor you never knew is that his record-breaking
13-second knockout of jose aldo for the ufc featherweight championship in 2015 is
not actually his fastest knockout rather he defeated bare-knuckle boxer patty dougherty
at the immortal fighting championships via knockout in just four seconds in april 2011
when mcgregor began training at the local boxing club between work shifts and on weekends
it wasn't long before he decided to quit plumbing to take on boxing training full-time initially his
parents disapproved of his career change however as he gained success they supported his choice
before becoming one of the highest paid people in sports mcgregor had to rely on social welfare
to help him follow his fighting dreams despite some minor victories at the start of his
career the mma fighter had to pick up a 235 welfare check before his ufc debut that night
during the knockout of the night fight when marcus breimage defeated him in the first round he made
an incredible 60 000 since then many of his fights have earned him a paycheck with even more zeroes
conor mcgregor often carried around one of his grandfather's old hats
when asked about the moment he said he didn't see it as a good luck charm
rather it reminded him of where he came from keeping him down to earth
sadly his bag containing his grandfather's hat was stolen from his car in 2014