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Conor Anthony McGregor
(born 14 July 1988) is an
Irish
mixed martial artist
and
boxer
. He started his career in 2008. He is signed to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC). He is the former
UFC Featherweight Champion
and
UFC Lightweight Champion
. He has fought as a
featherweight
,
lightweight
and
welterweight
.
At UFC 194, he defeated
Jose Aldo
to win the UFC featherweight championship. In his welterweight debut at UFC 196, he was defeated by
Nate Diaz
in the second round via submission. On 6 October 2018, he won the UFC lightweight championship by defeating
Eddie Alvarez
and won via KO. In his boxing debut in 2017, he was defeated by
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
. He returned to MMA in 2018 and was defeated by
Khabib Nurmagomedov
via submission at UFC 229. The event set the record for the biggest MMA pay-per-view event, with 2.4 million buys in the United States. Throughout his career, McGregor has become the subject of many controversies due to his behaviour.
McGregor was born in
Dublin
. His parents are Timmy and Susan McGregor. He started
kickboxing
in 2008, the same year he started dating his
girlfriend
Dee Devlin. Their son, Conor Jack McGregor, was born in May 2017.
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