If UFC 189 Didn’t Make You an MMA Fan, Nothing Will
History happened in a no-need-for-editing highlight reel in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
History happened in a no-need-for-editing highlight reel in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Conor McGregor put an exclamation point on perhaps the most spectacular main card in mixed-martial-arts history with a come-from-behind TKO of Chad Mendes at UFC 189.
“You could say it’s all his mouth but the guy does have skills,” Chad Mendes told Breitbart Sports about Conor McGregor this spring. “His standup is crisp. He’s a southpaw. He’s long. He’s lanky. His style is exciting to watch.”
“The weight cut is the fight,” Conor McGregor told Breitbart Sports earlier this year. “The fight is freedom.”
“When you look into a man’s eyes—look him dead in the eye—you can see straight into his soul,” Conor McGregor maintained on the UFC 189 conference call last week. McGregor said that when he looked into Jose Aldo’s eyes, the Brazilian’s soul informed him: “This mother—er doesn’t want to be here.”
“Four minutes into the first round he will be unconscious,” Conor McGregor promises of his UFC 189 opponent. Chad Mendes vows to end McGregor’s night a minute earlier.