BEFORE and AFTER Fighting Conor McGregor

if he is the real deal Connor looked amazing tonight you know you saw it you know exactly what I'm saying but Precision beats power fight fans welcome back there's two things I really like the deal and that's whoop ass and look good and I'm I'm doing one of them right now on Saturday night I'm gonna do the other fast precise crazy the manic Ascension of mixed martial arts biggest star came as quick as his lightning finishes paired with an ice cold in cage demeanor made for some of the most entertaining athletic displays of the last 20 years I plan on stealing the show every time I plan on finishing everyone anyone a mindset so Machiavellian so frightening that even the elite of the elite were left like deer in the headlights of a Bugatti with no brakes I'm coming join us as we take a look at opponents before and after facing the notorious Conor McGregor welcome to emotive media presentation to take over like a deer in the Headlights they all want it until they get it Dr McGregor is a guy who everybody's putting a lot of stock into as being one of the next great Stars definitely when I when I met you on and when I started training straight last game I started realizing I can I can make a career out when I went to Ireland for that Trinity College thing all I heard about was Conor McGregor I'd never heard of the kid before I can do something that hasn't been done before I can show the Irish people true martial arts something they have never seen before you know what I mean sky is the limit who knows what's around the corner you know it could be it could be in the UFC and you never know where I could end championships in two different weight divisions in the cage Warriors promotion put McGregor's molten hot talent in the eye line of the biggest promotion in the sport and after a first round destruction of Marcus brimage that sent shockwaves through the division [Applause] time for future Champion to face future champion [Applause] opportunity for this spectacular young promising product [Applause] Max Holloway a future king of the 145ers who even at the age of 21 possessed many of the skills that would eventually make him a champion this is a big fight with two two badass up and coming guys this is going to be a great fight no definitely you know I got a lot of hype and it'll be good to get a w and all exciting W and uh it's just a great fight for me right now nothing changes for me I'm gonna enter the contest open I'm going to be creative I'm going to go forward you know special Friday he fights different from a lot of Fighters you know he's not a normal fighter and uh not not really too nervous about this one that's a fantastic excite ladies and gentlemen Max Holloway and Conor McGregor she's just a banger bro you know he he knows he got one knockout power and I knew it I know he's gonna want to stand with me because of that sadly for young Holloway it was wrong place wrong time I wasn't not a not a deep breath that I take I could have went another 25 rounds the notorious outclass the Hawaiian in every aspect of the game on one knee Bridge enrolled and it went I just popped it just literally came out of place but as it came out place I moved into side control with it but I let out a little screen anyone in the top 10 anyone anyone they want I'm going for the Finish Max would go back to the drawing board before beginning one of the most impressive runs in featherweight history big shots cross paths with McGregor once again we some competitive guys and I mean like I probably be going to Twitter Wars with him until he's 60. who knows you know I mean what like we're so competitive that's just how it is after Rehabilitation for his knee and another highlight reel finish over the always game Diego brandow the hype train was Full Speed Ahead with another future fan favorite tied to the tracks oh yeah to take honest truth I fought tougher guys and uh if Conor could fight half as good as he can speak you know I think it would be Dustin thinks it's all talk but when he wakes up with his nose plastered on the other side of his face he's gonna know it's not all talk don't get me wrong I like the kid he's a quiet little hillbilly from the Packers of nowhere it's the first time I've ever fought anybody who talks herself up this much but it's fun but it's also a little aggravating so for me to go out and put those away in one round guess what I skipped the queue and and fight for that bill you're ready to fall I never just like somebody that much and I don't see anything in the division that troubles me not one of them they don't move like I move they don't think like I think and they don't talk like I talk nobody else would would step up and shut him up you know humble them a little bit you know it's his time I can't have this guy running through my division talking like that you know Dustin Poirier was considered by many hardcore fans to be a decent Step Up in competition being said this is a fight for him I mean he's a very talented fight fighter he's ranked in the top 10 for a reason that's disrespectful you know somebody's got to shut him up however a deadly cocktail a brutal Trash Talk Mariana trench-like pressure and a left hand sap Poirier flatlined in 90 seconds now here we are again and I don't know what I said I was gonna do I feed off this it's a hole in a ball game when they get hit by me yeah don't just knock them out I picked around John yeah I said this I'm sure you'll probably all thinking in your head this guy is talking absolute dribble so the story certainly wouldn't end there it's hard to tell you know because because during the lead up in the process to get ready for the fight I thought he wasn't getting in my head and he might have been you know looking back at it now I I don't know I wanted to hurt him I was aggravated and mad all the time you know of course I want that gold belt don't try and tell me that that gold belt's sitting up right there on this table would not look great go alongside this ivory elephant trunk suit that I have got on me right now I feel like you know honestly man put me in my anyone anyone in the world and I'm I'm dangerous for them [Applause] despite a title shot being more than earned fans want to see McGregor in for a world title there's no denying that so we will see what way they play it the UFC made the bizarre decision of announcing Dennis Seaver as Conor's next opponent I stay ready that man opened his mouth he was under the influence of post-fight adrenaline it has the same effect as alcohol it makes you Brave I am the notorious Conor McGregor and I am not here to take part I am here to take over I'm a Germany you're gonna pay for your watch it it is a mismatch I'm gonna whoop his ass I'm gonna collect the checks and then and then I'm gone okay okay branded by McGregor as the German [ __ ] in their pre-fight interviews Siever was far from a title Contender a little fun sometimes here and there maybe throw in a smaller lens out here my thoughts on the on Denver is he's a he said as far as I'm concerned I'm number one but the majority I'm just speaking speaking the truth I will tell them what what way I feel about these people and the fight itself would showcase this with McGregor dominating from the opening Bill absolutely did whatever he wanted against Siever landed kicks at will landed punches before jumping the cage to scream in the face of the featherweight Champion Jose Aldo Jr Connor looked amazing tonight he is the real deal you know you saw it you know exactly what I'm saying that's 145 that's Championship Waco Jose I'm coming Aldo versus McGregor roll tour there will be tons of media happen like I said when you signed to fight me it's not like signing to fight anyone else is a completely different experience after a whirlwind press tour an unimaginable hype Jose Aldo would drop out of a fight with McGregor just two weeks before the scheduled date news came out on Tuesday initially from the UFC Netherlands account that UFC featherweight Champion Jose Aldo had suffered a rib injury he didn't show up I mean you can't where's the pride where's the fighter in them Aldo out another killer would enter [Applause] I do hope Jose shows up but smoke and Chad will be enjoyable too I will enjoy destroying him also [Music] act like you know how this goes this is a guy that I will be happy to punch this dude in the face even if it's one solid time I'm good to go an explosive wrestler who is still very much in the title picture after a war with the champion just a few months prior Chad Mendes he will without a doubt be the most dangerous guy that Conor McGregor has faced inside the Octagon they call me and they say can you make wait in a couple weeks and I said oh yeah I feel like I'm the perfect guy to get in there and beat a guy like Connor the trash talk and tear up which would follow help turn McGregor into a bigger star than anyone would have imagined I'm gonna pull the trigger and eliminate my opponent and I'm gonna enjoy every damn second of it there's gonna be a lot of people tuning in they ain't chewing in for you chat they want to see me crush your face people hate listening to you talk no honestly I feel like there's multiple ways I can win this fight I feel like you know I have the power and the speed to knock this dude out on the feet he dug deep and stopping Mendez in the second capturing his first of many titles I knew I was I was Haunting him on the feet before he scored the takedown I was holding him on the mat while he got to take it's kind of gassed out a little bit and was able to get me up against the cage you know I should have moved my feet I should have circled out but I stayed planted and he was able to capitalize so I got back to my feet around and you know I knew he was tired and that's it I was winning every exchange he was a better man tonight there's not a whole lot I can say about it other than uh you know I'd like to try it again Mendez however would go down as one of the best fighters in UFC history to never win a belt let's make a bet here [Music] the night after the finale is UFC 194 McGregor versus Aldo six months would pass before Aldo would be able to fight I honestly the first thing I said to him was wow I didn't think I'd see you again let's do it let's let's do it now this time don't don't pull out this time there's no more pulling out this you're either gonna do one now or you're never gonna do it you're a legacy your career is done in that time the trash talk cooled immensely with anticipation simmering not boiling for The long-awaited Showdown he spoke my name out the time he spoke he should have gave me my credit for what I've done for this division he did not now I get him at every single opportunity free matches happen a lot in this game but the manner that I beat him there will be no need for a rematch the world tour was a different time this time I am cold I am emotional I think he doesn't know what he's getting himself into but I know what I gotta do and I gotta go in there and win the fight gonna take it to rip his head off it will be done in one I already said it would be done within four minutes of the first round it will be a formality after that we'll be decided in the first round after that it will be a formalities the fight would go in a similar Direction with the Irishman living up to his nickname and scoring a now notorious 13-second knockout over the dominant champion who comes in and predicts one round chaos I did and I did thank you ushering in a new era for the division and organization as a whole you know Conor McGregor told me five weeks ago in Ireland I'm gonna run across that octagon and he will not last four minutes and I believed him when he said that that that's what he would do Aldo would recapture his title after McGregor was forced to relinquish the featherweight belt but would surprisingly find bantamweight then I threw a punch and he came back with another cross and that was that I think that we need the rematch it was really not a fight [Music] eventually ego would lead to error a miscalculation after Raphael Das años dropped out of a lightweight title fight with McGregor leaving Nate Diaz to step in after an incredible piece of post fight promotion everything I think I work for mother I'm gonna fight you bro Conor McGregor is moving from 145 pounds to 170 pounds he gets out of shape his fight against Los Angeles he looked like this he's the skinniest fat guy I've ever seen in my life this thing right now is breaking every record we've ever had he better hope Hope For What better hope he gets that knockout otherwise to me that night for him I'm here to kill it be killed in Stockton California this little a superhero many thought unbeatable in the UFC was brought down to his actual form starts talking [ __ ] yes I was really finding a home for the jab yeah he hit him with that big one too and it was like nope that of just a man I enjoyed the fact that a person could take the shots and keep going put a knee in his stomach and I heard him go and I'm like yeah this is good this is and then all of a sudden he's shooting for attack oh you're a wrestler cordial issues and a questionable ground game plan on McGregor in the arms of his first UFC loss though his mind remains solely on Revenge punch his heart is he's he's harder harder than a little guy but nothing I never felt before you know you have something exciting when people who've done it all seen it all been everywhere and done everything or standing around going holy sh what just happened so where are you really in legit shape for this fight hey on my worst day I'll train for two hours the kind of shape that he's gonna be when they have a rematch and that becomes a real [ __ ] problem because I think he's gonna beat him up again well with Nate said he said goes he goes I if I had a camp he wouldn't have [ __ ] touched me Connor would have his request for a rematch granted just five months later the Irishman was insistent that the fight took place at 170 pounds again a move that garnered him a lot of respect from the hardcore audience hey I'm not surprised [ __ ] [Music] it makes sense for me to have the contest at 170. to write the the wrong you know to leave no questions this is the one this is where I put everything to rest you know Connor really got in people's heads by talking [ __ ] and I felt like going in I was like I don't think you're gonna get Nate's head by talking [ __ ] he's not that guy he should have killed me when he had the chance because now I'm back and I'm gonna kill you and your whole [ __ ] team you want them [ __ ] tits [ __ ] brought on should have brought everybody because it's gonna be now if we see you we're gonna have to watch coc202 on August 20th to find out so I just want to ask you what do you think of this turnout Brothers yeah those cockroaches like you hit me with a lot of the best punches and I hit him with one punch I I think uh Nate's gonna do the same thing um just gotta take him down and you know easy fight the Collision was extremely hard fought in what is now unanimously recognized as the fight of both men's respective careers he keeps on walking forward he took heavy shots I dropped them multiple times he just keeps coming his face was bullstone around the whole fight you see me chase him around that thing I'm pointing I'm like where you going you're scared to engage a true five-round war with McGregor Landing multiple knockdowns and fighting tooth and nail for a decision in the eyes of the judges yeah and that changed that swayed it back from me yeah I was so fine I thought I wanted before when did you get a chance to watch the fight last night yeah last night I watched it if you're willing to do number three I think everybody in this room wants to see number three Diaz would battle to uphold the momentum and Newfound status but would never quite hit that same scintillating High [Music] would still have more tricks up his sleeve and the best was yet to come I'm looking forward to starting square off I feel like he now he I'm guessing not but you got did you get the sense of like he has to keep topping himself now because there's so many expectations you know the answer yeah he doesn't see history [Music] [Applause] [Music] now at the height of his powers Conor would set his sights on History dual weight World title Madison Square Garden his opponent the always game Eddie Alvarez oh this is your representative where is he where is he to be late for something that this magnitude is disrespectful and that's why I said the country island should be disappointed [Applause] before the fight round two I just this is going bad for him now it's all going downhill round three is just a knockout serious he's rattling over there he's guns in the face he looks 48 which is what Connor's plan is you know if it becomes a two-way champion you know he's the biggest biggest star in UFC in history get into your mind in that fight what's your regret with that fight foreign was supposed to bring a ton of problems to the table but it wouldn't matter because the champ champ would do whatever he wanted it's almost bizarre how good Connor is right almost bizarre the way he picked apart Eddie Alvarez like like magical that's almost the word I want to use correct as another clinical striking display ensured a second round shutout s but if you could do it again how would you fight him differently other than obviously coming away with the wind we didn't wrestle enough the idea was to go in there and wrestle wrestle a guy who likes to box and I didn't do that whoever owns his house [ __ ] now's got the comb to me and and give me the real slice because that's that's what I've earned I was honestly I left the Madison Square Garden that was crushed I remember we we drove in a van back to Philadelphia and I and I cried I cried like a like a little kid like a child Alvarez had a few more high-profile fights but soon left the organization to continue receiving punishment in one FC sometimes you can know everything that you're gonna do but you get hit with a shot you get stupid for a little bit and make some bad decisions things go bad quickly and that that's what happened on November 5th you know this kid every time he says he's going to do something he does it he you know he he throws that left hand so effortless but when it touches people man they go down real fight and I deserve this from here with the company at his fingertips McGregor opted to leave for boxing in a now Infamous cash grab with Floyd Money Mayweather did they let me roll up in here building his wallet sure but actively crumbling any chance of staying ahead of the pack and mixed martial arts I want the one that everybody says I can't win just think about setting him up with khabib like Jesus in Christ that would be a giant fight that might be one of the biggest MMA fights ever to make a year later following one of the Sport's most controversial build-ups McGregor would run head first into the karma that many believe he deserves putting a bad bad beating on this little glass jaw rat what did you see when you looked in his eyes you saw what I've seen many times when I've looked at that man his eyeballs turned to Glass the blood rushes from his body and Sprints out of his arm loaded it up with the attack send the message hey come here this place and that's it without security without UFC without nothing you know make him humble teach him sometimes slip and you know make him tired I always think he's zero your grappling but let's wrestle this is not an ideas this is completely different fighter you know if you want to stop it you have to kill me Landing clean dragging him down and exposing the flaws in McGregor's game with a ruthlessness that continued even after the fight because I've walked around with disrespect towards him because he was running around the cage I switched off that millisecond he got that lucky shot even after he got the lucky shot although it was a beautiful shot I bounced back over the game like hip-hop he he begged me please don't kill me you know and you talk about like about Warrior or something like this how you can tap go sleep go sleep but whatever there's many great things that I can take from that and and I can I can come back and avenge that but I'm not gonna wait around and you think Connor could win a rematch with could be or there's no way he's being confused no the style matchup khabib just has a style that beats him that's it a long layoff allowed for McGregor to regroup reassess and rectify the mistakes that cost him dearly if you look at the list of Carlos or other people that I've engaged with Donald was probably one of the first ones so he's forced on the list let's see I'll get to every single one of them also car Connor has no right coming up to 55 there's no way he's not gonna stand a chance for too big for him or too strong [Music] be nobody and you think you're gonna come to 155 Mega statement come on man sit the [ __ ] down [Music] next up coming into his fight with Donald Cerrone in January 2020. McGregor showed a far more humble side of himself obviously you've seen him compete so many times it's hard not to respect Donald right now at this stage and he has my respect surprisingly would be maintained before during and after the contest I feel real good at this way I'm coming for all them in this division it begins with Donald this is the fight I wanted this is I'm not complaining at all man I'm [ __ ] here to have a good time my Connor said we're entertainers man so we're here to [ __ ] entertain blow the roof off this mother mentality is just I'm just a crazy Buster so it's easy to meet crazy with crazy Gregor had that great line blood will be spilled on Saturday night but not bad blood yeah that was pretty good bald Connor was cool calm and confident he was going to show people just how much he trained for this fight and that's exactly what he [ __ ] did and those shoulder strikes would ensure a 42nd decapitation of Cerrone I mean they're fighting is an emotional game no idea it's a roller coaster of emotion maybe a little more this time all I've gone through and all the teams going to know my people's gone Trail let's go to get us back where where we belong Donald showed up Cowboy wasn't there wrong guy showed up couldn't get going couldn't get excited couldn't get fired up didn't want to be there McGregor checked his opponent seemingly turning a new Leaf as Cowboy bowed out with a tasty paycheck opting for some more low-key fights to end his career [Music] before I asked McGregor but it's still it's still right there you know it still stings yeah yeah a little bit but hey the guy's doing a great job man you know he's doing a great job I've spoken before about being emotionally invested he said it seemed personal to you the first time around and what and it was it was very personal we got the and mostly folks we'll see you tomorrow night it's great to be back here I got the Louisiana hotels I look forward to bringing the hot sauce in the foia tomorrow it's humbleness face of it continue into his second fight with Dustin Poirier in the spring of 2021. my whole career has aligned me for tomorrow night and Victorious to get my hand raised by any means necessary I'm leaving it all out let's go both men spoke highly of each other hindering with completely different outlooks to those of their first encounter seven years prior every fight is a chip on my shoulder I'm trying to prove something I'm trying to the work that I put in I'm trying to make it pay off I'm trying to put my family in a better position and this is no different and I do think I will get him out of there I do see him folding it early also but he is tough you know it is of the weight there is questions but I just think a fight that plays a into will and want a position where we have to dig down and suffer I think I can suffer more do you think you deserve to be the underdog in this and I know that the guy's left hand is a is a missile you know and his timing is good and he's a good and he's a good athlete man I've been the underdog in so many fights and and got my hand raised I've been Underdog my whole life I'm comfortable in this position and uh no I do not think I should be the game moves fast and Dustin had kept pace there's no doubt that leg kick was [ __ ] that right leg up for sure but what a crazy difference that calf kick has made in MMA over the last few years my left kick is very heavy and the calf it doesn't take many chop the leg down career launching knockout that shocked the world it was the Louisiana native who left a superstar [Music] it's just a hell of a free I didn't adjust it and that's it fair play to do some very happy for him off the fence I was like surprise help the storybook like career of Conor McGregor would have the opportunity for yet another key chapter that was if he could dominate a Trilogy with Poirier check it almost I needed it to happen I sparked them in 60 seconds the first time I had him out on his feet in the second one if we knocked him out there in that second floor area this wouldn't be what this is though leaving immediately afterwards as many expected was Connor short-lived humility is that the mindset enemy going into this yeah for sure what's up big boy what's up big boy this is a corpse a dead body a blank face it's gonna get his [ __ ] tucked out on the stretcher the third build up was a far different Affair yet again alongside the charity payment allegations yeah Connor had pledged uh or said he was gonna donate 500 000 to the foundation and McGregor degraded and humiliated Poirier at every opportunity in the spot so it's on now Saturday I'm in a vicious mall with no family around you know I'm a bad man without the fan do you think he's trying to summon up that uh that angry that old hungry type economy is trying to prove to himself that he still got it yeah I'm gonna make this man pay with his life and I mean it you're dating that after God the model ultimately the fight would cement itself as a key chapter in the McGregor story but not the way he intended I mean I knew my bone hit his bone and my weight came forward at a very they met the forces met and the knee is obviously thicker than that part of The Shins blade and landed on the wonky leg like Anderson Silver that one it did Bend back but watch this bang then it just gives out completely see it folds over after suffering a leg break from a blocked kick after a lackluster start to round one Conor was relegated indefinitely to the MMA Sidelines it sucks it's brutal it's it's you know it's not the way you want to see fights end so you know despite providing some of the Sport's most exciting moments let's go Dustin is still yet to fulfill his dream of capturing the lightweight title but now with Chandler up next for McGregor in November all eyes are firmly back on the Irishman in 2023. the opportunity to break more records and make more noise than ever [Music]

Channel: Motivedia - MMA

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Keywords: Conor McGregor, UFC, mixed martial arts, McGregor vs chandler, McGregor mma, mcgregor chandler, McGregor vs poirier, mcgregor vs aldo, mcgregor knockouts, mcgregor

Id: PXd6aNRAA_o

Length: 32min 2sec (1922 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 11 2023