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The Irish Times did the world a favour last week. They tracked down some official sales numbers for the Conor McGregor Proper No.12 Whiskey Label. But Business people sure do like to make things complicated. The figures are given in Units of 9 litre cases. So a little breakdown is required. 200,000 – 9 litre…
It’s at times like this that I wonder, what exactly Conor McGregor pays Autie Attar to do. Can you think of any other major sports personality that announces their retirement with an incoherent tweet. No Press release. No line up of networks and associated press to mark the occasion. No highlight reel of his achievements….
I wrote this original piece over a year ago but I think it still has relevance today. Conor McGregor has been in yet another skirmish with the law and surprise, surprise, social media has exploded. Since I originally wrote this article, the fascination with him by all areas of the press has increased even further…
Love him or loath him, the influence Conor McGregor has had on the Irish MMA scene is irrefutable. Most young fighters will admit that McGregor’s success and notoriety has been a source of motivation in their own careers. Conor had a direct impact on one such fighter, Dylan Logan, and arguably compelled him to eventually…
Heading into #UFCDenver everyone knew Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone had an incentive win. The nuclear fall-out from his split with Winklejohn was plastered all over every MMA podcast from Joe Rogan right on down the line. What we didn’t know was that he had a much larger incentive. Win and he gets a free spin on…
Conor Mcgregor turned 30 last month and there was surprisingly little about it from him. They say that the prime years for most athletes is from the ages of 28 to 32. If this is true Conor Mcgregor has chosen to use 2 of them doing practically nothing in the UFC. In many ways I…
Have you noticed how Floyd Mayweather has quietly drifted off over the horizon with barely a mention since his August showdown with McGregor? He’s a couple of hundred million bucks wealthier and it seems a quiet and semi anonymous retirement beckons. Not so Mcgregor. He too has done sweet f*ck all since August but he…
Just how the f*ck was Khabib Nurmagomedov allowed to fight for the UFC Lightweight belt against Al Iaquinta? It makes an absolutely mockery of the entire Lightweight division. It was bad enough that Max Holloway was allowed parachute in for a shot at the Lightweight title but once that fight was cancelled so too should…
The UFC lightweight matchmakers will be busy bees over the next couple of weeks. As far as I am concerned Conor, Tony and Khabib are streets ahead of the rest in the UFC Lightweight division. Two of those three need to be fighting each other by the end of March 2018. It doesn’t actually matter…
Have you noticed how Floyd Mayweather has quietly drifted off over the horizon with barely a mention since his August showdown with McGregor? He’s a couple of hundred million bucks wealthier and it seems a quiet and semi anonymous retirement beckons. Not so Mcgregor. He too has done sweet f*ck all since August but he…
By now most of you will have seen Conor McGregor’s latest brush with MMA authorities following his appearance in the cage at Bellator 187. Charlie Ward his stablemate at SBG was after finishing John Redmond at the Bellator event and Conor took it upon himself to jump into the cage in wild celebration with his…
“The reason for Dana White’s relief was that a non Conor McGregor event delivered over 1m PPV buys” Dana White is quite often given to Hyperbole. However for once his words matched the occasion. ” This was the greatest event in the history of the UFC” Now he did go on to slightly couch his…