It wasn’t all bad news Tuesday for UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
Despite finding out that his planned UFC 196 lightweight title fight with Rafael dos Anjos was off, it was confirmed that “Notorious” will appear on the cover of an upcoming issue of “Sports Illustrated.”
Recently, Ronda Rousey was tabbed for one of three “swimsuit edition” covers of the magazine.
This week's cover: Conor McGregor puts the fight in Fighting Irish. https://t.co/ySaQIqpH0y pic.twitter.com/gFvnNXOsmK
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 23, 2016