Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional
mixed martial artist
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. He is a former
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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(UFC)
Featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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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 Fighting Championship (CWFC) Featherweight and Lightweight Champion.
In 2008, McGregor began competing professionally in mixed martial arts (MMA), fighting in the lightweight and featherweight divisions. He won the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight Championships in 2012 before signing with the UFC in 2013. After five consecutive wins, he won the
Interim Featherweight Championship by defeating
Chad Mendes at
UFC 189. He became the undisputed Featherweight Champion at
UFC 194 after knocking out
José Aldo in 13 seconds, which is the fastest finish in UFC title fight history. He later won the UFC Lightweight Championship at
UFC 205 by defeating
Eddie Alvarez. In 2017. He transitioned briefly to professional boxing, facing
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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in a highly publicised bout, which he lost via
TKO in the 10th round. He returned to MMA and challenged for the UFC Lightweight Championship at
UFC 229, losing to
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-rei ...
via submission.
McGregor is the biggest
pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) draw in MMA history, having headlined the five
highest-selling UFC PPV events. His fight against Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event. His
2017 boxing match against Mayweather generated over 5.3 million buys across the United States and the United Kingdom, making it the second highest-selling pay-per-view event in history.
[ McGregor was ranked as the world's highest-paid athlete by '']Forbes
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'' in 2021, earning a reported $180 million. He also appeared on the list in 2018, ranking fourth with earnings of $99 million. Outside of fighting, McGregor has pursued business ventures.
McGregor has been involved in multiple legal issues, including civil and criminal cases. He has faced charges for assault, disorderly conduct, driving offences and rape. His comments on the 2023 Dublin riots and immigration policy in Ireland have also sparked controversy. In November 2024, an Irish High Court ruled in a civil case that he had assaulted and raped a woman in 2018, ordering him to pay over in damages. In December 2024, he was ordered to pay the victim's legal costs, amounting to approximately . Following the 2024 civil court ruling, McGregor lost several sponsorship and partnership deals.
In March 2025, he announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the 2025 Irish presidential election and has expressed views dubbed anti-immigration
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, far-right
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, and national populist.
Early life
Conor Anthony McGregor was born in Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland.[ He was raised in Crumlin and attended Irish-language schools — the ]Gaelscoil
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Scoil Mológa, in Harold's Cross
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, at primary level, and Gaelcholáiste Coláiste de hÍde in Tallaght
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Up to th ...
at secondary level, where he also developed his passion for sport, playing football
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.
In his youth, he played football for Lourdes Celtic Football Club. At the age of 12, he also began boxing
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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
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In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
(MMA) together. Among his inspirations growing up were Naseem Hamed
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, Muhammad Ali
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and Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...
.
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.
Professional mixed martial arts career
Early career (2008–2013)
On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, defeating Gary Morris with a second-round TKO. After McGregor won his second fight against Mo Taylor, he made his featherweight debut in a loss via kneebar against submission specialist Artemij Sitenkov. After a victory at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor contemplated a different career path before his mother contacted his coach John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to continue pursuing mixed martial arts.
McGregor then won his next fight, also at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a fight against Joseph Duffy, in which he received his second professional loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke. Following this, during 2011 and 2012, McGregor went on an eight-fight winning streak, during which he won both the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight championships, making him the first European professional mixed martial artist to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously.
In February 2013, UFC president Dana White made a trip to Dublin, Ireland to receive a Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from Trinity College's student Philosophical Society and was inundated with requests to sign McGregor to the UFC. After a meeting with McGregor and talking with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta
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Early life and ...
, White offered him a contract days later.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (2013–present)
2013
In February 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship
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(UFC) announced that they had signed McGregor to a multi-fight contract. In joining, he became only the second fighter from Ireland to compete for the company, following team member Tom Egan.
On 6 April 2013, McGregor made his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage at UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi. He won the fight by knockout in round one. The win also earned McGregor his first " Knockout of the Night" award.
McGregor was expected to face Andy Ogle on 17 August 2013 at UFC Fight Night 26, but Ogle pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by eventual UFC Featherweight Champion
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Historical notes
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Max Holloway
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. McGregor won the fight by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26). Following the bout with Holloway, an MRI
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scan revealed that McGregor had torn his anterior cruciate ligament
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(ACL) during the bout and would require surgery, keeping him out of action for up to ten months.
2014
McGregor was expected to face Cole Miller on 19 July 2014, at UFC Fight Night 46
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in his comeback bout after recovering from his ACL injury. However, Miller pulled out of the bout citing a thumb injury and was replaced by Diego Brandão
Diego Brandão (born 27 May 1987) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division. A professional since 2005, he formerly competed for the UFC, RIZIN, and Fight Nights Global. He was the winner of Spike TV ...
. McGregor fought Brandão in front of a loud, rowdy crowd of 9,500 at The O2
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in his hometown of Dublin
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, Ireland. The fight was officially halted by referee Leon Roberts at 4:05 of the first round. The win earned McGregor his first ''Performance of the Night'' award.
Prior to his next bout, McGregor met with Lorenzo Fertitta
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Early life and ...
and signed a new multi-fight contract with the UFC. McGregor next faced Dustin Poirier on 27 September 2014, at UFC 178. Despite McGregor landing only 9 significant strikes to Poirier's 10, he managed to secure a victory early on in the first round, by pressuring Poirier onto his back foot, before exploding with a left hook behind Poirier's ear, forcing referee Herb Dean to step in to end the fight. The finish officially came at 1:46 into the first round. This marked Poirier's first UFC loss via KO/TKO and earned McGregor his second straight "Performance of the Night" award.
2015
=Championship pursuits
=
McGregor faced Dennis Siver on 18 January 2015 at UFC Fight Night 59. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. The victory also earned McGregor his third straight "Performance of the Night" award.
=Interim Featherweight Championship bout
=
The highly anticipated bout with Aldo was announced on 30 January 2015, at the UFC 183 Q&A. McGregor declared that he was expected to face Aldo on 11 July 2015 at UFC 189 for the undisputed UFC Featherweight Championship, during the UFC's annual International Fight Week. The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
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in Las Vegas
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, Nevada. The UFC, confident that the fight would exceed expectations, increased the promotional budget for the event, with company Dana White stating that " he UFCspent more money promoting Aldo–McGregor than any fight in UFC history."
The fight against Aldo was announced on 30 January 2015, at the UFC 183 and both McGregor and Aldo embarked on a 12-day world tour, during which eight cities in five countries were visited, including Aldo's home country of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro
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) and McGregor's hometown of Dublin. The tour began in Rio de Janeiro on 20 March and ended in Dublin on 31 March. However, on 23 June, it was reported that Aldo had suffered a rib fracture and had pulled out of the bout as a consequence. McGregor remained on the card and was rescheduled to face Chad Mendes for the Interim Featherweight Championship. The official attendance for the event, 16,019, broke the record in Nevada, while the gate of $7,200,000 broke the record for a mixed martial arts event in the United States. Prior to the fight, McGregor's entrance song, " The Foggy Dew", was sung live by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor
Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; , ; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and activist. Her debut studio album, ''The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and achieve ...
. McGregor won the fight via TKO, winning the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship.
McGregor then took part in UFC's ''The Ultimate Fighter
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'', in which he coached against Urijah Faber. Faber's team member Ryan Hall ended up winning the competition.
=Featherweight Championship unification bout
=
On 10 August, it was announced that the event would take place on 12 December, when McGregor would face José Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship. At the weigh-ins, both McGregor and Aldo achieved the weight limit of 145 pounds. McGregor knocked out Aldo thirteen seconds into the first round with a left hook, ending his seven-year-long WEC and UFC title reign and eighteen-fight win streak to claim the title, earning the "Performance of the Night" bonus as well. This finish marked the fastest knockout in a title bout in UFC history.
2016
=First UFC loss
=
McGregor faced ''The Ultimate Fighter
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'' Season 5 winner and former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Nate Diaz on 5 March 2016 at UFC 196 in a welterweight bout. On 24 February 2016, a press conference was held to help promote the new main event, with both men trading insults. At the Thursday pre-fight press conference on 3 March, McGregor and Diaz engaged in a brief scuffle during a face-off, after McGregor landed a strike on Diaz's lead hand.
The fight began with combination in the first round, Diaz returned fire with two consecutive hooks, one a slap, a signature of Nate and his brother, Nick Diaz
Nicholas Robert Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Diaz is a former Strikeforce, WEC and ...
, termed the "Stockton Slap". McGregor had success with his bodywork, but Diaz began to land combinations of his own. After a one-two punch from Diaz, McGregor attempted a double leg takedown, which Diaz defended by sprawling. Diaz then threatened the guillotine choke, which forced McGregor onto his back after stopping McGregor from scrambling and Diaz secured the mount and secured a rear naked choke
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. McGregor tapped to the submission at 4:12 into the second round. Both competitors were awarded "Fight of the Night" bonuses, and McGregor received the highest disclosed purse of any fighter in the history of the company to that point, at $1,000,000. McGregor was critical of his own performance while praising Diaz, saying "I was inefficient with my energy. It was a battle of energy and he got the better of that."
=Rematch with Nate Diaz
=
A rematch with Diaz was scheduled for 9 July at UFC 200; however, on 19 April, the UFC announced that McGregor had been pulled from the event after failing to fulfil media obligations related to the fight. In turn, the fight with McGregor was rescheduled and took place the following month, contested again at welterweight, at UFC 202. McGregor won the rematch via majority decision (48–47, 47–47, 48–47). The bout was once again awarded "Fight of the Night" honours. The event broke the record previously held by UFC 100 for the highest selling pay-per-view in UFC history, with 1,650,000 buys.
=Two–division champion
=
On 27 September, it was officially announced that McGregor's next bout would be against Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship on 12 November at UFC 205. After dropping Alvarez multiple times throughout the first round, McGregor landed a multiple-punch combination to stop his opponent via technical knockout in the second round. This result marked the first time a competitor had held UFC championships in two different weight classes, and it also repeated McGregor's feat during his career at Cage Warriors
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Many MMA stars have made their names under ...
. This win earned McGregor the " Performance of the Night" and is widely considered one of his best performances inside the octagon.
=Stripping of Featherweight Championship
=
On 26 November, due to his inactivity in the division, it was initially announced that McGregor had vacated the Featherweight Championship, therefore promoting José Aldo to undisputed champion. McGregor's coach, however, confirmed further reports which stated that McGregor had actually been stripped of the title.
2017
After winning the lightweight championship at UFC 205, McGregor announced he would take time off from the UFC to wait for the birth of his first child due in 2017. McGregor spent the majority of his public appearances in early-2017 campaigning for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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After months of negotiations, the two finally came to terms on 14 June 2017 and announced the match to take place on 26 August. The match ultimately ended in the 10th round with a victory by TKO for Mayweather.
2018
After the conclusion of UFC 223
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Background
A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between ...
on 7 April, McGregor was stripped of the UFC Lightweight Championship due to inactivity and Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-rei ...
was crowned the undisputed champion after defeating Al Iaquinta at the event.
On 3 August, it was announced that McGregor would return to the octagon for the first time since November 2016 at UFC 229 to challenge the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-rei ...
for the UFC Lightweight Championship on 6 October. This bout was considered one of the biggest contests in the history of the sport and it was filled with pre-fight hype. Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor with a neck crank in the fourth round.
2019
On 26 March 2019, McGregor announced his retirement on social media. However, Dana White viewed this announcement as a ploy to secure an ownership stake in the company, with White later suggesting his retirement would not last and that he had been in regular contact with him and stated he would fight again in the future. McGregor had previously tweeted that he wanted a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov and that he would see him in the Octagon.
2020
After over a year away from the Octagon, McGregor faced Donald Cerrone in a welterweight bout on 18 January 2020 at UFC 246. He won the fight via technical knockout 40 seconds into the first round. This win earned him a Performance of the Night award. The win made McGregor the first UFC fighter to hold knockout finishes in the featherweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions. On 6 June 2020, McGregor announced once more that he was retiring from fighting.
2021
Despite talks of retirement, McGregor was booked to face former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Dustin Poirier in a rematch of their 2014 bout at UFC 257 on 24 January 2021. He lost the fight via technical knockout in the second round, marking the first knockout loss in his career. McGregor was later handed a 6–month medical suspension after the knockout.
McGregor faced Dustin Poirier for a third time on 10 July 2021 at UFC 264. McGregor lost the fight via technical knockout in round one after the ringside doctor stopped the bout. McGregor had rolled his ankle while stepping back, resulting in a broken lower tibia
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which rendered him unable to continue.
2023–2024
After the layoff nursing his leg injury, McGregor coached '' The Ultimate Fighter 31'' for the second time with the opposing coach being Michael Chandler. Filming of the show started in February 2023 and aired on television from May to August 2023. The show led to McGregor being scheduled to fight in a welterweight bout against Chandler at UFC 303 on 29 June 2024. Following speculation on the fight's status due to an abruptly cancelled press conference, the UFC officially announced the fight's cancellation on 13 June 2024, citing an injury (broken toe) sustained by McGregor.
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
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but often switches to an orthodox stance. He will frequently try to be the aggressor in his bouts. McGregor's boxing
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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
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and "psychological warfare
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" against his opponents, which has led to earning him the moniker 'The Notorious' and has brought comparisons with Muhammad Ali
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, whom McGregor cites as one of his early inspirations. After Ali died in June 2016, McGregor opined that "nobody will ever come close to li'sgreatness". McGregor has also cited Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...
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 buildup to his trilogy fight with Poirier.
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.
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, on 26 August 2017 at T-Mobile Arena
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in Paradise
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, 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
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, 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, 89–81, all in favour 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.
Political views
200px, McGregor with United States Secretary of Defense, U.S Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
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Hegseth studied politics at Princeton ...
at The Pentagon
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, March 2025
McGregor's political views have been categorised as far-right
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, and as populist
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. Opposition to immigration
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is his most frequent political topic.
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
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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". 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. The Twitter posts were subsequently deleted and in March 2025 it was announced that McGregor would not be charged for incitement.
Views on the Gaza war
McGregor is a strong supporter of Israel
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. On 26 November 2023, McGregor criticised then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
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for his views on immigration and for his failure to mention the Palestinian militant group Hamas
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when he wrote about an Irish hostage released by the group, in which he described her as "an innocent child who was lost."
2025 Irish presidental run and White House visit
It was reported in December 2023 that McGregor was considering running for the office of President of Ireland
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, to which Elon Musk
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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 eight percent of people polled would vote for McGregor for office, while 89 percent said they would not.
On 17 March 2025, McGregor visited the ]White House
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in Washington DC at the invitation of U.S. President
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Donald Trump
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, for a Saint Patrick's Day
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Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Chris ...
event. During the visit, McGregor claimed that Ireland was "on the cusp of losing its Irishness" due to an "illegal immigration racket." His comments were condemned by Taoiseach
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Micheál Martin
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, who stated that they were "wrong" and did not reflect the spirit of Saint Patrick's Day or the values of the Irish people. The tánaiste and minister for foreign affairs, Simon Harris
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, echoed Martin's remarks. The leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
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(SDLP), Colum Eastwood
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, said "Conor McGregor has never been elected to anything, he doesn't represent the Irish people. In fact, we're all pretty embarrassed by him." Matthew O'Toole of the SDLP said the meeting was an "insult to the island of Ireland" and "deeply depressing", and that McGregor was an "appalling individual" and "beyond the pale". During the visit, he announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the 2025 Irish presidential election.
The chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Rachel Morrogh, said the meeting between McGregor and Trump was shocking since a jury had recently found that McGregor had committed rape. Human rights lawyer and former head of the Rape Crisis Centre, Noeline Blackwell, said "The other thing that occurred to me, though, was the enormous sense of entitlement that Mr McGregor seems to feel. I was thinking of Nikita Hand with judgment of her peers in the jury that Mr McGregor was civilly liable for the sexual assault on her, and just thinking that that's the reality for an awful lot of people who are victims of sexual abuse – that even after a court judgment, even after hearing the level of hurt and harm that Nikita Hand suffered, that she and others like her have to, in some ways, put up with the reality that in the community sometimes the message just isn't getting through to those who are actually found by court of law to be liable along the way." Referring to Trump and McGregor, Ruth Coppinger TD said in Dáil Éireann
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, "two rapists met each other in the White House". During the meeting, Trump described McGregor as "inspiring" and "fantastic".
In an April poll by the Sunday Independent, 7% of those polled said they would vote for McGregor in a presidential election, while 90% said they would not. 69% of respondents said they would be less likely to vote for a TD or councillor if they nominated McGregor to run. 78% said Donald Trump
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disrespected Ireland by inviting McGregor to the White House.
Business ventures
Endorsements and sponsors
McGregor has had endorsement deals with Beats by Dre, Monster Energy
Monster Energy is a brand of energy drink, energy drinks that was created
by Hansen Natural Company (now Monster Beverage Corporation) in April 2002. In 2022, Monster Energy had a 30.1% Market share, share of the American energy drink market, th ...
, Reebok
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and Bud Light
Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, is the largest brewing company in the United States, with a market share of 45 percent in 2016.
The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and nearly 20 in oth ...
. In 2017, his endorsement deals rounded up to $7 million. In light of a 2024 Dublin court case, in which McGregor was found to have assaulted and raped a woman in December 2018, McGregor lost his first sponsor when the IO Interactive
IO Interactive A/S (IOI) is a Danish video game developer and publisher based in Copenhagen, best known for creating and developing the ''Hitman'' and '' Kane and Lynch'' franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is '' Hitman 3'', which was ...
video game company ceased its collaboration with him. After the court case, Rape Crisis Network Ireland called for retailers to stop selling his stout and whiskey brands. Musgrave delisted McGregor-linked drinks, resulting in SuperValu, Costcutter
Costcutter is a convenience shop symbol group operating as two separate entities with different ownerships in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It previously had stores in Poland. The shops are independently owned and join the gro ...
, Centra and Carry Out ceasing to sell McGregor's Forged Irish Stout and Proper No. Twelve whiskey. Tesco
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and Ocado
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additionally pulled all alcoholic products associated with McGregor from their stores, alongside Wetherspoons
J D Wetherspoon (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a British pub company operating in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim ...
, Asda
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, and BWG Group who stopped stocking Proper No. Twelve whiskey. Irish airports in Cork and Dublin
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also pulled McGregor-related alcohol products from their airport bars.
Clothing
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
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. August had met McGregor about three years earlier, via Dana White.
Alcohol and pub
In September 2018, McGregor launched Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey
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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 Proper No. Twelve company to Proximo Spirits, who previously had a 49% stake, for a deal worth a reported $600 million. In the aftermath of a 2024 Dublin court case, in which McGregor was found to have assaulted and raped a woman in December 2018, Proximo Spirits announced it would no longer use McGregor's name or image on the drink.
In an August 2022 interview Artem Lobov alleged that McGregor was initially headed towards creating a vodka
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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 five 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
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, intimidation and harassment. In January 2023, the latter lawsuit was denied by the judge and Lobov was ordered to pay the legal fees.
In 2020, McGregor purchased a pub in South Dublin
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, renaming it to the Black Forge Inn. In 2022, the Black Forge Inn was targeted by petrol bombs. He purchased a second pub in 2021, the Marble Arch. McGregor had previously assaulted a man at the Marble Arch on 6 April 2019.[
McGregor officially launched Forged Irish Stout in 2021. In 2024, complaints about the sexualised nature of its advertising were upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland.
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Entertainment and sports
In 2022, McGregor was cast along with the actor Jake Gyllenhaal in a remake
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of the 1989 film '' Road House''.
On 27 April 2024, it was announced that McGregor and his company "McGregor Sports and Entertainment" were now part-owners of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promotion based in Philadelphia. The promotion was founded in April 2018, and is presided over by David Feldman.
BKFC is the first promotion to hold an official st ...
(BKFC). McGregor has since appeared at multiple BKFC events.
Personal life
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. His cousins Keith Buckley and Warren Davis are both professional footballers.
McGregor often trains at the Mjölnir gym in Reykjavík
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, 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
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.
McGregor is a football
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fan and a supporter of both Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
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and Manchester United
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. He has also expressed support for Paris Saint-Germain
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, being a friend of Sergio Ramos
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.
McGregor admitted to using cocaine
Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
during cross-examination at his trial for the rape of Nikita Hand.
Charges and controversies
Driving offences
In November 2017 McGregor pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit in Rathcoole, County Dublin. He was fined €400.[ In November 2018 he pleaded guilty to speeding in ]Kill, County Kildare
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, and was fined €1,000 and disqualified from driving for six months.[
On 22 March 2022, McGregor was arrested in Dublin and charged with six driving offences, including two counts of dangerous driving, being uninsured, having no licence and failing to produce his documents. His car was seized by the Irish police. He was released on bail and his car was returned to him. He was scheduled to appear before Blanchardstown district court in April 2022, and, if convicted, could be subject to a fine of up to €5,000, six months' imprisonment or both.
On 23 June 2022, McGregor appeared in ]Blanchardstown
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District Court
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These courts generally work under a higher court which exercises control over the lower co ...
in relation to events on 22 March 2022. He was remanded on continuing bail pending "further charges" as part of a dangerous driving prosecution.[ He had not yet indicated a plea and the judge remanded him to appear on 8 September 2022 for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.][ On 8 September he was charged with an additional charge of careless driving, adding to the six charges he already faced over the incident: two charges of dangerous driving, two of allegedly driving with no license or insurance and two of failing to produce either license or insurance.] The trial was originally set to begin in January 2023, but after McGregor's defence argued to the court that he could not attend the trial then due to being unwell, the judge in the case ordered the trial to start on 31 July 2024.[ In July 2024 he was given a two-year driving ban and a five-month suspended sentence, on condition that he keeps the peace for two years.
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Accusations of racism
Ahead of his 2015 bout with Brazilian fighter José Aldo, McGregor was accused of racially taunting Aldo.
In 2017, McGregor was accused of racism, after taunting boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He list of undefeated boxing world champions, retired with an undefeated record a ...
ahead of their August 26 boxing match. McGregor told him to "Dance for me, boy," at a promotional event in Los Angeles, before urging the crowd to yell obscenities at Mayweather, his wife and children. Mayweather told reporters at a fan meet in London: "He totally disrespected Black women, he called Black people monkeys, and he was disrespectful to my 3-year-olddaughter." McGregor responded in a lengthy post via Instagram
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, stating: "Floyd Mayweather, don't ever bring race into my success again. I am an Irishman. My people have been oppressed our entire existence. And still very much are. I understand the feeling of prejudice. It is a feeling that is deep in my blood. In my family's long history of warfare there was a time where just having the name 'McGregor' was punishable by death. Do not ever put me in a bracket like this again..."
Florida robbery arrest
On 11 March 2019, McGregor was arrested outside of the Fontainebleau Hotel
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in Miami Beach, Florida
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, after he attacked a fan taking a picture with a cellphone. In an incident that was caught on a security camera, McGregor lunged to hit the man, grabbed his device and smashed it on the ground with his feet. Subsequently, he was arrested and charged with strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief
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. McGregor was held in custody for several hours before being released on a $5,000 bond. On 14 March 2019, news surfaced that McGregor was also facing a civil lawsuit
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from the fan involved in the incident. On 8 April, the civil lawsuit against McGregor was dropped by the fan. On 13 May, it was revealed that the criminal charges against McGregor had also been dropped after the accuser's attorney said that his client had "been made whole" by McGregor, in a reference to an out-of-court settlement that was reached.
Mixed martial arts event incidents
Incident at Bellator 187
On 10 November 2017, McGregor's SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward made his debut at Bellator 187 in Dublin against John Redmond. Ward knocked out Redmond in round one, and McGregor jumped the cage (he was not a licensed cornerman) to celebrate Ward's win while the fight was not yet officially declared over. McGregor was separated by referee Marc Goddard, as Goddard needed to verify if the knockout was before the bell, and to ensure lock down of the cage for medical staff to assess the health of the knocked out Redmond. McGregor charged towards Goddard: while he pushed and confronted Goddard in a wild melee, he also checked on the downed Redmond and knocked him down while he was trying to get up.
McGregor did a lap around the cage after he exited the cage a few minutes later, then climbed and straddled the cage apron to continue the celebration of Ward's win. He was stopped by a commissioner and McGregor, agitated, slapped the commissioner's face. Redmond stated after the fight that Goddard intended to let the fight continue to round two, but the Mohegan Sun commission, which oversaw the event, elected to end the fight due to McGregor's behaviour in the ring.
A day after the incident, the head of the commission for Bellator 187, Mike Mazzulli, the president of both the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation (MTDAR) and Association of Boxing Commissions, issued a statement, stating that "McGregor's conduct jeopardized the health and safety" of fighters who were in the cage during the Ireland event. In addition, Mr McGregor "assaulted Referee Mark Goddard and a ember ofBellator staff".
Bus attack at UFC 223 Media Day
On 3 April 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-rei ...
and his entourage cornered and slapped Artem Lobov at a hotel in Brooklyn, New York. Lobov is known to be close to McGregor, with whom Nurmagomedov has had altercations and trash talk
Trash talk is a form of spoken insult usually found in sports events, although it is not exclusive to sports or similarly characterized events. It is often used to intimidate the opposition and/or make them less confident in their ability to wi ...
exchanges. On 5 April 2018, during promotional appearances for UFC 223
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, McGregor and a group of about twenty others were let into the Barclays Center
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by credentialled members of his promotional team. They attempted to confront Nurmagomedov, who was on a bus leaving the arena with "red corner" fighters for UFC 223 on it, such as Rose Namajunas, Al Iaquinta, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Ray Borg
Ray Borg (born August 4, 1993), is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor until 2023, Borg is best known for his 12–fight tenure in the Ultima ...
and Michael Chiesa
Michael Keith Chiesa (; born December 7, 1987) is an American professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and sports analyst who currently competes in the Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( ...
. McGregor ran up alongside the slowly moving bus and then ran past it to grab a metal equipment dolly, which he then threw at the bus's window, before trying to throw other objects in the vicinity. Chiesa and Borg were injured by the shattered glass and sent to hospital. They were soon removed from the card on the advice of the NYSAC and the UFC's medical team. Lobov was also pulled from his fight for his involvement in the dispute.
Dana White said there was a warrant out for McGregor's arrest and the NYPD
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said McGregor was a person of interest
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. White said McGregor had told him via text message: "This had to be done." "You can imagine he's going to be sued beyond belief", White said, and denied suggestions that the violence was a publicity stunt intended to generate interest in the UFC.[Conor McGregor, out on bail after rampage, and UFC face the future](_blank)
Matt Bonesteel, Des Bieler and Cindy Boren, ''The Washington Post
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'', 8 April 2018 McGregor and others involved initially fled the Barclays Center after the incident, although he and a fellow accused turned themselves in that night. McGregor was charged with three counts of assault
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and one count of criminal mischief
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. He was further charged with menacing and reckless endangerment at his arraignment and was released on $50,000 bail
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until 14 June 2018. Under the bail conditions negotiated by his then attorney, Jim Walden
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, and set by the judge, McGregor was allowed to travel without restriction. On 12 April 2018, McGregor hired lawyer Bruce Mafeo of Cozen O'Connor to represent him in this matter. McGregor pleaded no contest to a count of disorderly conduct and was ordered to perform five days of community service and attend anger management classes. On 12 September 2018, Chiesa announced a lawsuit against McGregor, saying that he "experienced pain, suffering and a loss of enjoyment of life" as a result of the attack.
Incident at UFC 229
Following the fight at UFC 229 on 6 October 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov jumped out of the cage and charged towards McGregor's training partner Dillon Danis
Dillon Danis (born August 22, 1993) is an American former submission grappler, mixed martial artist and professional boxer. Danis competed in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. He also competed in the Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship.
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. Soon afterwards, McGregor and Abubakar Nurmagomedov
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, Khabib's cousin, also attempted to exit the octagon, but a scuffle broke out after McGregor punched Abubakar, who then punched him back. Two of Nurmagomedov's cornermen retaliated: Esed Emiragaev and Zubaira Tukhugov. Tukhugov was scheduled to fight on 27 October 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith against Artem Lobov, the McGregor team member who was confronted by Nurmagomedov in April 2018. Nurmagomedov's payment for the fight was withheld by the Nevada State Athletic Commission
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(NSAC) as a result, pending an investigation into his actions. Nurmagomedov appeared at the post-fight interview and apologized to the NSAC.
The NSAC filed a formal complaint against both McGregor and Nurmagomedov, and on 24 October, the NSAC voted to release half of Nurmagomedov's $2 million fight payout immediately. Both Nurmagomedov and McGregor received indefinite bans, at least until the official hearing, which took place in December 2018. On 29 January 2019, the NSAC announced a six-month suspension for McGregor (retroactive to 6 October 2018) and a $50,000 fine. He became eligible to compete again on 6 April 2019.
Assault incidents
Dublin pub assault
On 15 August 2019, TMZ Sports published a video that showed McGregor punching an older man at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin. The incident happened on 6 April and was originally reported by Irish media, although without the video that showed the attack. McGregor had repeatedly offered the victim a shot of his whiskey, which the victim repeatedly declined, then McGregor had punched him. Irish police stated that they had opened an investigation. McGregor was charged with assault and first appeared in court on 11 October 2019.[ The court heard that McGregor had 18 prior convictions from 2018 going back to 2009.][ The majority were for driving offences, but he was given the Probation Act in 2009 when he was an apprentice plumber for an assault causing harm offence.][ On 1 November, McGregor pleaded guilty to the assault and was fined €1,000.][
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Attack on Francesco Facchinetti
On 17 October 2021, McGregor allegedly assaulted Francesco Facchinetti, an Italian musician and TV presenter, in a nightclub in Rome
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, breaking Facchinetti's nose in front of witnesses and bodyguards. A few days later, Facchinetti filed charges against McGregor for the attack.
Alleged attack on yacht
In January 2023, McGregor was accused of assaulting a 42-year-old woman aboard his yacht in Ibiza
Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of th ...
, Spain, during his birthday party on 22 July 2022. The woman claimed she was berated by McGregor before being physically assaulted. She further claimed that she was forced to jump from the yacht to escape McGregor and that she sustained a broken arm in the process. The woman did not file a formal statement with Spanish police at the time of the incident. In January, she gave a formal statement with Irish police, who then shared that statement with their Spanish counterparts. The woman has also filed a civil suit against McGregor over the alleged incident. After making her formal statement, the woman's car was burned outside of her Dublin home, though no link was made to McGregor's alleged attack. In February, a brick was reportedly thrown through a window of that residence. In late February 2023, news surfaced that the lawsuit was discontinued by the plaintiff
A plaintiff ( Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an ''action'') before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy. If this search is successful, the court will issue judgment in favor of the ...
, with no further information provided.
Punching the Miami Heat mascot
On 10 June 2023, McGregor appeared at Game Four of the 2023 NBA Finals
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in Miami, Florida, to promote his pain relief spray in a planned skit with the Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern C ...
's mascot, Burnie
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. 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 "all is well" between the two.
Rape and sexual assault cases
Dublin rape case
In March 2019, ''The New York Times'' reported that McGregor was under investigation by the Garda Síochána
(; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissio ...
(police), following allegations of a sexual assault on a woman in a Dublin hotel in December 2018. A second allegation of sexual assault was reported in October 2019, regarding an assault on a woman in a car alleged to have taken place earlier that month.
In January 2021, after prosecutors
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in Civil law (legal system), civil law. The prosecution is the ...
declined to prosecute McGregor for the 2018 alleged sexual assault, a civil claim for damages was launched in the High Court. A spokeswoman for McGregor said in a statement that the allegations against him were "categorically rejected" and that he was "confident that justice will prevail" in the civil case. In March 2022, the High Court made a pre-trial discovery order against McGregor requiring the Gardaí to disclose certain information and documents gathered by them.
The civil action
A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. T ...
was taken against McGregor by Nikita Hand, who alleged he violently beat and raped her in Dublin in December 2018. The trial began in the High Court in Dublin on , with Mr. Justice Alexander Owens as judge. On , the jury returned their verdict and found that McGregor had raped Hand. Accordingly, McGregor was ordered to pay Hand nearly in damages. On , Justice Owens ordered McGregor to pay the entirety of Hand's legal costs, approximately , and said that he may begin contempt of court
Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the co ...
proceedings against McGregor for his comments about the case on social media after it concluded.
After the trial, McGregor indicated on social media that he planned to appeal the verdict, and Hand said she hoped that the case would encourage victims of assault to continue "pushing forward for justice". The Irish Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee
Helen McEntee (born 8 June 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Education and Youth since January 2025 and Leader of Fine Gael#Deputy leaders, deputy leader of Fine Gael since October 2024. A Teachta Dála (TD) ...
, praised Hand's bravery and determination, and the Taoiseach
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, Simon Harris
Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician serving as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence since January 2025, having previously served as Taoiseach from 2024 to 2025. He has ...
, had a phone conversation with Hand before complimenting her "bravery and courage" when speaking to the media. It also emerged that Hand's partner had been stabbed and windows were smashed when attackers wearing balaclavas invaded their home in June 2024. This information was withheld from the jury during the trial.
In light of the court ruling, IO Interactive
IO Interactive A/S (IOI) is a Danish video game developer and publisher based in Copenhagen, best known for creating and developing the ''Hitman'' and '' Kane and Lynch'' franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is '' Hitman 3'', which was ...
ceased its collaboration with McGregor, removing content that featured him from their ''Hitman
Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, moneta ...
'' video game series. The Rape Crisis Network Ireland also called for retailers to stop selling his stout and whiskey brands. Various retailers and Irish wholesalers, including the Musgrave Group, announced that they would no longer stock his beer brand or whiskey, which would see the brands removed from SuperValu, Centra, Tesco Ireland
Tesco Ireland Limited is the Republic of Ireland, Irish subsidiary of supermarket group Tesco. Tesco Ireland was formed by Tesco plc's 1997 purchase of the Irish retailing operations of Associated British Foods, namely Powers' Supermarkets Limi ...
, Spar, Mace and Londis stores, among others. A few days after the verdict, Proper No. Twelve-parent company Proximo Spirits announced it would no longer feature McGregor in association with the brand. Wetherspoons
J D Wetherspoon (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a British pub company operating in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim ...
and other pub chains likewise stopped selling McGregor's stout brand.
Corsica sexual assault arrest
On 10 September 2020, McGregor was arrested on the French island of Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure for an incident alleged to have taken place in a bar. After being held in custody for two days while being interviewed by police, he was released without charge. Eight months later, French authorities dropped the investigation due to insufficient evidence.
Miami Heat – 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
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...
. 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.
On January 15, 2025, a lawsuit was filed against McGregor in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accusing him of sexual assault during an NBA Finals game in Miami on June 9, 2023. The suit alleges that McGregor assaulted a 49-year-old woman in a bathroom at the Kaseya Center, home of the Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern C ...
. The plaintiff, identified as a vice president at a prominent Wall Street financial firm, claims that McGregor "intentionally engaged in unlawful sexual contact", "attempted to forcefully place his unprotected penis into ermouth without her consent". She attempted to leave the stall, but McGregor allegedly slammed her against a wall face first, put her in an arm lock and "attempted to forcefully place his unprotected penis into he victim'sanus without her consent." The lawsuit also names the Miami Heat and arena staff as defendants, alleging gross negligence in their handling of the situation. Key details of the lawsuit include an allegation that the woman was led to the men's restroom by a member of McGregor's team; and that arena staff and security were aware of potential misconduct but failed to provide adequate protection. The plaintiff's attorney, Jim Dunn, stated that his client's main goal in filing the lawsuit is to raise awareness and encourage others to report sexual assault. The lawsuit seeks medical treatment costs, compensatory damages, and other relief from both McGregor and the Heat organization.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
* Ultimate Fighting Championship
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**
Interim UFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
**
UFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
**
UFC Lightweight Championship (One time)
** Fight of the Night (Two times)
** Knockout of the Night (One time)
*** Greatest Knockout in UFC's first 25 Years vs. José Aldo
** Performance of the Night (Seven times)
*** Tied ( Donald Cerrone, Ovince Saint Preux & Tom Aspinall) for fourth most Performance of the Night awards in UFC history (7)
*** Most consecutive Performance of the Night awards in UFC history (5)
*** Most consecutive post-fight bonuses in UFC history (8)
** First Irish-born UFC champion
** Third Multi-Divisional Champion in UFC History (Featherweight, Lightweight)
** First simultaneous multi-divisional champion in UFC history (Featherweight, Lightweight)
** Fastest win in a UFC Championship fight (13 seconds)
** Fastest finish in a UFC Championship fight (13 seconds)
** Most knockdowns-per-fifteen minutes in UFC Featherweight division history (2.31)
**Tied ( Chad Mendes) for third most knockouts in UFC Featherweight division history (6)
**One of two fighters ( Jared Cannonier) to have knockout victories in three different weight classes
**Tied for fourth most consecutive knockouts in UFC history (5)
**UFC.com Awards
***2013: Ranked #2 Newcomer of the Year
***2015: Fighter of the Year & Ranked #2 Knockout of the Year
***2016: Ranked #3 Fighter of the Year & Ranked #2 Fight of the Year
* Cage Warriors Fighting Championship
**
CWFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
**
CWFC Lightweight Championship (One time)
* Bleacher Report
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** 2015 Fighter of the Year
** 2016 Fight of the Year vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 202
* ESPN
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** 2015 Fighter of the Year
* ESPYs
** 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Best Fighter
* Fight Matrix
Fight Matrix is a mixed martial arts ranking system portal. It is one of the sport's most recognized ranking websites.
Software
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** Lineal Featherweight Championship (one time)
* Fox Sports
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** 2015 Fighter of the Year
** 2016 Fight of the Year vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 202
* MMA Fighting
''MMA Fighting'' is a news website that covers the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). Founded in 2001, the site is notable for its breaking news coverage, podcast series, and ''The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani''.
Overview
''MMAFighting.com'' ...
** 2015 Event of the Year
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
* MMA Junkie
** 2015 December Knockout of the Month vs. José Aldo
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
**2016 March Fight of the Month vs. Nate Diaz
**2016 August Fight of the Month vs. Nate Diaz
* MMA Insider
** 2013 Best UFC Newcomer
* MMA Mania
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** 2015 Event of the Year
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
* RTÉ Sport
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** 2016 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year
* ''Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
''
** 25 Hottest Sex Symbols of 2015
* Severe MMA
** 2014 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year
** 2015 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
* Sherdog
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** 2014 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
** 2015 Event of the Year
** 2015 Knockout of the Year
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
** 2016 Fighter of the Year
* The MMA Community
** 2015 Male Fighter of the Year
* ''Time
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''
** 2017 Top 100 Most Influential People
* VIP Style Awards
** 2015 Ireland's Most Stylish Man
* World MMA Awards
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** 2014 International Fighter of the Year
** 2015 International Fighter of the Year
** 2015 Fighter of the Year
** 2016 Fighter of the Year
* Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.
Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four Wee ...
** 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 Best Box Office Draw
** 2015, 2016 and 2017 Best on Interviews
** 2015 Feud of the Year vs. José Aldo[
** 2016 Feud of the Year vs. Nate Diaz][
** 2016 and 2018 Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable][
** 2016 Most Charismatic][
** 2015 and 2016 Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year][
]
Pay-per-view bouts
Mixed martial arts
Boxing
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Mixed martial arts record
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, Khabib Nurmagomedov
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, UFC 229
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, Las Vegas
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, UFC 205
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, New York City
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, New York
New York most commonly refers to:
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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, UFC 202
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, Las Vegas
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, Nate Diaz
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, UFC 196
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, Las Vegas
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, UFC 194
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, UFC 189
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, UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver
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, UFC 178
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, Diego Brandão
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, TKO (punches)
, UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandão
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, Dublin
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, Max Holloway
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, UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen
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, UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi
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, align=center, 3:29
, Amman
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...
, Jordan
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 8–2
, Artur Sowinski
, TKO (punches)
, Celtic Gladiator 2: Clash of the Giants
,
, align=center, 2
, align=center, 1:12
, Portlaoise
Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
It is in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster.
Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest town ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 7–2
, Paddy Doherty
, KO (punch)
, Immortal Fighting Championship 4
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:04
, Letterkenny
Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional eco ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 6–2
, Mike Wood
, KO (punches)
, Cage Contender 8
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:16
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 5–2
, Hugh Brady
, TKO (punches)
, Chaos FC 8
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 2:31
, Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...
, Northern Ireland
,
, -
, Loss
, align=center, 4–2
, Joseph Duffy
, Submission (arm-triangle choke)
, Cage Warriors 39: The Uprising
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:38
, Cork, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 4–1
, Connor Dillon
, TKO (corner stoppage)
, Chaos FC 7
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 4:22
, Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...
, Northern Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 3–1
, Stephen Bailey
, TKO (punches)
, K.O.: The Fight Before Christmas
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:22
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Loss
, align=center, 2–1
, Artemij Sitenkov
, Submission (kneebar)
, Cage of Truth 3
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:09
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 2–0
, Mo Taylor
, TKO (punches)
, Cage Rage Contenders: Ireland vs. Belgium
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:06
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 1–0
, Gary Morris
, TKO (punches)
, Cage of Truth 2
,
, align=center, 2
, align=center, 0:08
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
, -
Amateur mixed martial arts record
, -
, Win
, align=center, 1–0
, Ciaran Campbell
, TKO (Punches)
, ROT – Ring of Truth 6
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:31
, Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland
,
Professional boxing record
Exhibition boxing record
See also
* List of Irish UFC fighters
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of male mixed martial artists
This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.
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* Tank Abbott - ( UFC, Pride, Strikeforce)
* Hamdy Abdelwahab - ( UFC)
* Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov - ( ACB)
* Shamil Abdurakhimov - ...
References
External links
Conor McGregor - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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Box.Live
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1988 births
Living people
21st-century Irish businesspeople
21st-century Irish sportsmen
Featherweight mixed martial artists
Irish eurosceptics
Irish male boxers
Irish male mixed martial artists
Irish male video game actors
Irish people convicted of assault
Irish people of English descent
Irish practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Irish rapists
Irish sex offenders
Irish sportspeople convicted of crimes
Irish sportsperson-politicians
Lightweight mixed martial artists
Martial artists from Dublin (city)
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo
Mixed martial artists utilizing wrestling
People from Crumlin, Dublin
RTÉ Sports Person of the Year winners
Sprawl-and-brawl fighters
Cage Warriors champions
Ultimate Fighting Championship champions
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters
Welterweight mixed martial artists