Although many UFC champions, such as Georges St-Pierre and Demetrious Johnson, have built larger legacies, few can deny that Conor McGregor The company wore on its own in a tree period in contrast to something before or since then. At its peak, the Irishman had the company in the palm of his hand and did what he wanted.
His sharp mix of garbage play and world -class performance made him the true face of MMA from 2015 to 2018. However, the same superstar that raised him to the top also played an important role in his downfall. After years of others who point out, Conor McGregor himself finally tackled it.
Conor McGregor reflects on being the UFC -chosen and the fall that followed
Conor McGregor recently attended the BKFC 82 event in New Jersey, and During the press conference after the fightHe spoke frankly about the weight of Superstardom and his role as the chosen ones.
He said, “I came up through the School of the Fertitta -Rijk, and with Dana White at the helm, and I was the Protege. I will tell you this, and this is why we really, real, really, really have to put our maximum respect and support behind our fighters here because fighting and promoting is the real deal.”
Conor McGregor explained that although fighting and promoting, each can be a challenge in itself, the real struggle starts as soon as a hunter wins a prominent place. When an athlete is outside the spotlight, few pay attention. But as soon as success comes, the requirements of promotion add a completely new pressure layer.
The former double champion then made a stunning confession: “If you come up, you have to add this promotion element to it, and both combined are incredibly exhausted. I would not be the first to tell you that it almost broke me, and to be honest, maybe it broke me.”
🤔⭐ Conor McGregor admits that Superstardom broke him and eventually overcame as he stood up in the UFC.
He says that many fighters do not promote their own fighting – they just appear before Vechtweek will be asked of the media without asking.
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Conor McGregor continued, “While I went on and achieved enormous success and worldwide, alien superstar. It sometimes overwent me.”
For those who are unknown, McGregor entered the UFC as a two-division cage Warriors champion and wanted to replicate that success in the Octagon. His rise in featherweight was downright spectacular. On the way to gold, he achieved a 7-0 record and stopped big names such as Dustin Poirier, Chad Mendes and finally Jose Aldo.
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At UFC 194, McGregor shocked the world by eliminating Aldo in just 13 seconds, ending the unbeaten reign of the Brazilian for almost ten years and setting itself as the new face of the company. But that was just the beginning. McGregor then jumped up two weight classes and produced an unforgettable rivalry with Nate Diaz on UFC 196 and UFC 202.
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Shortly thereafter he moved to lightweight and Eddie Alvarez dismantled on UFC 205The first hunter in the UFC history is retained those two belts at the same time. From there the bet shot up. After he had demanded lightweight gold, McGregor landed a payment day of nine digits for his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.
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While the Crossover Event broke records, many believe the move and the transition back to MMA derailed what could have been there One of the most productive UFC career ever. When he finally returned from a hiatus of almost two years, McGregor Faced with Khabib Nurmagomedov on UFC 229 in 2018 In the most sold UFC-PAY-PER-View of all time, with a record of 2.4 million turnover.
He lost that fight and his UFC record has since gone to 1-3. His most recent Octagon appearance came at UFC 264 against Dustin Poirier, where a broken leg ended the fight in the first round via Doctor’s stop.
A comeback was almost set up for UFC 303 in June 2024 against Michael Chandler, a fight that had hyped more than a year thanks to their stint as rival coaches on the Ultimate Fighter 31. But a pinky injury forced McGregor to withdraw.
Since then, life has kept him in the headlines outside the cage. He has had to deal with legal issues, grew his business empire and even partially secured in BKFC. Now, with McGregor new energy and the UFC, it likes to deliver something historical, it feels like only a matter of time before his long-awaited return in 2026 is locked up for the historic white house card.
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