
← Lionel Rivera's MMA Podcast18 sept. · 1 h 51 min
Why Conor McGregor Lost the Fight Against Himself
<p>🎨 Videos you’ll like: ✅ Max Holloway Documentary: https://youtu.be/bNzEFd7zexM?si=HnM1aRJBE8b-ciHj ✅ Dustin Poirier Documentary: https://youtu.be/C2vP5_VvXIA?si=IXa8rHOdnPEB-JpI ✅ Khabib Nurmagomedov Documentary: https://youtu.be/tL6UyybbgYE?si=0CQXj0RTA0Y3HmS2👉 Become a Member: https://bit.ly/LionelRivera👉 Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/lionelrivera👉 Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lionelrivera#UFC #UFCdocumentary #ConorMcGregorConor McGregor’s career is one of the strangest transformations in UFC history: a fighter who talked like a superstar before anyone believed it, fought like the pressure made him sharper, then became so famous that the idea of Conor McGregor started to feel bigger than the fighter himself.Before the UFC, McGregor built his reputation in Ireland and Cage Warriors, fighting through early losses to Artemij Sitenkov and Joseph Duffy before becoming a simultaneous Cage Warriors featherweight and lightweight champion. Wins over Dave Hill and Ivan Buchinger turned him into one of Europe’s most exciting prospects and set up the jump that changed everything.McGregor arrived in the UFC in 2013 with a first-round stoppage of Marcus Brimage, then beat Max Holloway by decision while fighting through a serious knee injury. After returning, he stopped Diego Brandao in Dublin, knocked out Dustin Poirier at UFC 178, and finished Dennis Siver to force the featherweight title picture to revolve around him.When José Aldo withdrew from UFC 189, McGregor beat Chad Mendes for the interim featherweight title. Five months later at UFC 194, he knocked out Aldo in 13 seconds to become undisputed UFC featherweight champion and deliver the fastest finish in UFC title fight history. From there, the rise became even louder: the short-notice Nate Diaz loss at UFC 196, the majority-decision win in the rematch at UFC 202, and the masterclass against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 that made McGregor the first simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history.But double-champ Conor McGregor never really came back. The Floyd Mayweather boxing spectacle turned McGregor into a global celebrity beyond MMA. His return against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 ended in a submission loss and one of the most chaotic nights the sport had ever seen. A 40-second win over Donald Cerrone briefly revived the old electricity, but the Dustin Poirier rematches at UFC 257 and UFC 264 ended with a knockout loss and a doctor’s stoppage after McGregor’s leg injury.After