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An Experience With events announces Preregistration begins at 1am for An Experience with Conor McGregor at Event City Manchester on 28th January 2017. The event includes a live on-stage interview, 1000 Black tie diners, surrounded by thousands in stadium seating, an auction with signed bespoke McGregor memorabilia, and live music.
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Celebrates win with Lobov
McGregor enters the ring after Lobov wins his bout against Teruto Ishihara.
Calls out McGregor
After beating Mustafaev at UFC Belfast, Lee calls out everyone in the Lightweight division, including McGregor.
This is a division full of a bunch of bitches. I call out everybody. I’m on my way up, man. F-ck that…I reminded everyone that I am the best fighter in this division. I am the best wrestler. That’s what I came out here to show. I didn’t even care about finishing him. I wanted to show that I could keep taking him down whenever the f-ck I want to. And I would put McGregor on his back right now in this arena and there isn’t a motherf-cker in this arena that would stop me…I don’t care about the Irish, I called out Conor McGregor because I want that fight. He’s the champ right now in this division and he doesn’t have anything on me but some years. He’s 28, I’m 24. I have years to catch up with him and I wanted him to know that I’m on his ass, that’s all that was about. He’s got that target on his back and I’m one of the guys that’s chasing him.”
Fired up @MoTownPhenom is taking no prisoners at #UFCBelfast! https://t.co/Wbw8dA9QWT
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) November 19, 2016
Did not realise McGregor saw fight
Lee says he didn’t realise that McGregor was in the stadium when he won.
If I knew Conor McGregor was sitting front row, I would have jumped the cage – damn…All Irish guys look alike. I wish I would have known. Somebody could have told me. They’re all just red beards and bald heads to me.
He also says that, as a wrestler, he has the skills to beat McGregor, and can beat Nurmagomedov:
[McGregor]’s the champ of this division now. I said it a while ago – I’ll be the champ. He’s 28. I’m 24. He ain’t got nothing on me but some years…I think after his last fight, he said you’ve got to have some height, some reach, some weight – I’m 195 pounds outside of fighting – 77-inch reach, 5-10, a hell of a wrestler, so this fight was about showcasing that I’m the best wrestler in this division…Everybody thinks that Khabib is the best wrestler, but this is good old-fashioned American wrestling…This ain’t that sambo shit. If you want to go out there, me and Khabib, no punches thrown, I’ll (technical fall) him, 15-0. I’ll keep taking him down, and he won’t do a damn thing about it.
Video: Stressed during fight
Video is released of Devlin watching McGregor fight at UFC 205 against Eddie Alvarez.
Conor McGregor's girlfriend and expecting mother of their first child, Dee Devlin, reacting to the Eddie Alvarez fight. (Via Reddit MMA) pic.twitter.com/8zYuC5PpSZ
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) November 20, 2016
Henderson: Nurmagomedov would ‘beat the piss’ out of McGregor
Henderson says that after watching Nurmagomedov fight at UFC 205, he would beat McGregor:
I think that kid that fought last weekend, I have trouble with his name, Magomedov, the Russian kid, that’s at 155 — I think he would definitely give Conor a huge problem. I think he definitely would take him down and beat the piss out of him…I don’t dislike him [McGregor]. I think it took me a while to kinda get onboard with him, just to see a little bit more well-roundedness. He’s always shown that he’s got good hands, good kicks, but to see him against a couple different wrestlers that had good hands, it took me awhile to get onboard with him. I think Eddie just did not fight a smart fight whatsoever. He didn’t use his wrestling whatsoever.
UFC still working on ‘difficult’ McGregor Dublin fight
In the post-event press conference for UFC Belfast, the UFC says it is still working to bring McGregor to Ireland to fight.
We’re working through all the different possibilities for Conor. Obviously there are a number of things up in the air at the moment. We’ve made no secret about the fact that we’d love to figure out a way to get it done. He’s gone on to such success that it’s something which I know he’s keen to try and get done as well. It’s very, very complicated to try and bring him back, particularly to Dublin. We’ll always try and figure out the best way of getting it done if we can. We’re working on it. As long as [markets continue to grow], it makes my case a lot easier every time we go and start discussing where we put these fights. The fact that we’ve got more European champions now than we’ve ever had before means that those conversations are also easier to have. It’s a complicated business putting it all together, but if we can do, there’s no limit to our ambition for these markets so we’re going to keep pushing as hard as we can.
Ortiz: If I didn’t get a UFC share McGregor won’t
Ortiz says that if he didn’t get a share in UFC, McGregor won’t get one either.
Shit, if they’re not giving me a piece, they’re not gonna give him a piece. Congratulations to Mark Wahlberg, he invested in a great company… that I helped build.
Club entrance video
Video is released of McGregor entering El Divino club in Belfast. McGregor stayed for a few hours according to the club, arriving at 12.15am and leaving at 3am.
Thompson: McGregor’s ‘too small for the 170 division’
Thompson says he is not worried about a rematch with Woodley, and that McGregor is too small to fight at 170 pounds.
Not at all (worried), man. To be honest with you, I think the UFC knows that I deserve that title shot, that I deserve that rematch. And you know what, I think that Conor McGregor’s gotta defend the 145 and the 155 title and I just think he’s too small for the 170 division. I mean, he’s walking around right at 170, maybe a little bit less. I don’t think it would be a good division for him to step up to…I think it would be a good fight no matter what. I mean, he is one of the best fighters out there and that’s what we’re out to do. We’re out to fight the best fighters in whatever division, whoever steps up…He’s already out there talking trash to Tyron and doing his thing, doing what Conor McGregor does…People show up just to see him just act nuts. Hats off to that guy, he’s a very intelligent, very smart guy.
Roddy: Woodley or Diaz ideal for next McGregor fight
McGregor’s striking coach says he would like to see him fight for a third belt, preferring Woodley or Diaz over Nurmagomedov. Roddy:
Maybe [Tyron] Woodley,. For me, for him to go up and compete for a third belt [welterweight], maybe Woodley. [Nate] Diaz again is another great one. I think it’s what fans would want to see. They want to see something special again, the Diaz fight again is special. The Woodley fight is special…You can’t really doubt Khabib at this stage. He’s a phenomenal grappler and a phenomenal wrestler. But I don’t know whether the excitement is there, you know? Obviously for Conor it’s about the pay-per-views. It’s about the money. Whether Khabib will hit the pay-per-views for him I just don’t know…He poses a different threat so it would be good to sort of work out what strikes are going to land on him. He can be hit as well, I will say that. He got hit a bit in his last fight.
Agent: McGregor would ‘Entertain’ Offer from WWE
Attar says that McGregor will consider offers from WWE:
I think it’s all about business, man. If [WWE] is going to come with an offer, we are willing to entertain it. We are here. Have their people call his people – which is me. We can have a conversation…It’s ultimately like, look — I think Conor had his say via social media at times, but he also is someone that appreciates people that sacrifice and train and are dedicated to their craft, whatever it may be…Again, I think ultimately Conor will say, ‘Let me talk to my friend Benjamin [Franklin] to see how many of his friends he’s bringing with him before we talk about what the obligations are’.
Agent: McGregor ‘very interested’ in Mayweather fight ‘if it’s serious,’
Attar says McGregor is interested in a ‘serious’ fight with Mayweather:
Look, it wasn’t something we started, right? It was something Floyd started and Conor responded in kind on social media. It’s obviously built up public interest. Part of that may have been Floyd testing waters — I really don’t know what his motives are. All I can tell you is we are very interested if it’s serious. Ultimately, I think we have to see if it’s real or not. That’s what it comes down to. Floyd may have been waiting to see if Conor is the real deal and I think how he handled his first adversity with Nate [Diaz], beating Nate the second time at 170 [pounds], dominating the lightweight champion, the first to hold two belts — I think he’s shown he’s for real. I don’t know if Floyd is enjoying the retirement life too much, if it’s a PR stint to keep the fun going of what he has going on in the boxing world,” Attar said. “Ultimately, I think we’ll find out soon enough if [his interest in fighting McGregor] is real or not.
Official after-party video
The Mac Life releases a behind-the-scenes video of McGregor celebrating his UFC 205 win at the official after-party.
Posts private message to McGregor
Nurmagomedov posts a private message he sent to McGregor.
Conor you the Champion now you need to fight with me. If you run every time you look in the mirror you not going to respect yourself, your kids not going to respect you, your friends, your family won’t respect you. Die like a Samurai don’t chicken out please. I know I’m bad matchup for you but you the champion and you need to fight the best. It’s ok. Die like Irish warrior don’t run like chicken. Irish people have history and fight for long time you need to represent your people with honor.
I am old school and try to do this man to man but the he don't want anything to do with a real man. Time to move on @danawhite @seanshelby pic.twitter.com/ilAL4yM6O7
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) November 23, 2016
Pushes for McGregor trilogy fight
Diaz posts to Instagram to remind McGregor that he beat him at UFC 196.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNKmcxGhZpK/
‘Hello, I’d like to order some competition…’
McGregor tweets that he doesn’t have any competition in the UFC roster.
Hello id like to order some competition please I don't have any pic.twitter.com/cocgW4uwsb
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 23, 2016
Wants to finish McGregor’s ‘hype’
Nurmagomedov says a fight with McGregor is not about the money.
I care only about belt. I have a lot of money…I want to take him down, speak with him, slap him, make him nervous … like, ‘Hey, get up! Let’s go! Where is your boxing?’ … play with him and make him give up. This is what I want. But I don’t want to finish him 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round … I want to fight with him for 25 minutes like five rounds and I want to make him look very bad. And finish his hype.
He also talks about his run in with McGregor backstage at UFC 205.
When I finish my weigh in I meet him. He watch me I ask him, ‘why you watch?’. I tell him ‘I am not Eddie Alvarez or Tyron Woodley’. If somebody watch me like crazy I can go crazy too.
Posts video of opponents’ comments before and after fights
McGregor posts a video of his opponents’ comments before and after fighting him.
Dustin Poirier before: To tell you the honest truth, I’ve fought tougher guys.
Dustin Poirier after: He moves well. He’s hard to read and his timing’s different to everybody else. He moves differently. He’s good and he’s a great athlete.
‘Notorious b.i.g balls’
McGregor tweets a selfie.
Notorious b.i.g balls pic.twitter.com/rQcgZLiZv9
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 25, 2016