Former double world champion Conor McGregor lost to Max Holloway after only 69 seconds because of a right knee injury on Saturday, in his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship after a five-year layoff. Referee Mike Beltran stopped the mixed martial arts welterweight contest at UFC 329 in Las Vegas after Ireland’s McGregor, 37, fell […]
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Lobov makes bare-knuckle debut as combat sports go mainstream
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight Artem Lobov, a long-time friend and team mate of Conor McGregor, is set to make a lucrative debut in bare-knuckle boxing as combat sports bid to gain more mainstream acceptance. Nicknamed the “Russian Hammer”, Lobov told Reuters he had accepted a big payday from the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship […]
McGregor hints at retirement U-turn after Khabib feud
Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor hinted he may not be retiring after all on Wednesday after a racially-charged exchange of insults with rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a cryptic post on Twitter which came a week after he had vowed to hang up his gloves, the trash-talking Irishman indicated he was not done with fighting. […]
McGregor hints at retirement U-turn after Khabib feud
A week after mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor vowed to hang up his gloves, the trash-talking Irishman has indicated he is not done with fighting Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor hinted he may not be retiring after all on Wednesday after a racially-charged exchange of insults with rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a cryptic […]
Khabib on why he did not ‘smesh’ McGregor in Russia
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and ex-Champ Conor McGregor both attended the FIFA World Cup final in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are both inside the Luzhniki Stadium for the #WorldCupFinal.https://t.co/5hETpRioCShttps://t.co/7p93OTOJdg pic.twitter.com/iJrCItvrgm — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 15, 2018 When asked about why he didn’t confront Conor McGregor while […]
Khabib tells who he wants next if McGregor does not agree to fight
Khabib Nurmagomedov has said it out loud and clear that he would not wait for Conor McGregor for too long, as much as he wants this fight to take place. And for that reason, he has already announced his Plan B, according to which he would want to fight the winner of Eddie Alvarez vs […]
Has McGregor crossed the line?
Conor McGregor is infamous for his notorious antics e.g. throwing cans at opponents, jumping into a cage and shoving the referee and his usual trashtalk that none can simply outshine. But to throw dollies, racks, chairs and whatsoever found at vehicles carrying fighters – injuring a couple – is going a bit too far. It […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov: Top 5 moments
Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the Mixed Martial Arts’ elite combatants. He’s fearsome, and there are legitimate reasons for that. The Eagle, as he is often called, lives in the mountainous Dagestan province of Russia, and that is exactly where his toughness and unbreakable will comes from. The Eagle of Dagestan is one of the […]