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Conor McGregor Sheds Light On ‘Big’ Post-UFC 205 Announcement:

With rumors circulating around the mixed martial arts (MMA) media waves that ‘The Notorious’ UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will be making a major announcement after his UFC 205 clash with Eddie Alvarez next month, the 145-pound champ has confirmed that the rumors are in fact true. Recently speaking with MMA Junkie, McGregor confirmed that

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Recently speaking with MMA Junkie, McGregor confirmed that he will in fact be making a ‘big’ announcement from the Madison Square Garden arena, and advises fans to hit the order button on their remotes to tune it:

“Buy the pay-per-view and stay tuned,” McGregor said. “Don’t blink. It’s going to be big.”

During a recent appearance on the ‘Outside The Cage’ podcast, UFC President Dana White stated that McGregor’s announcement is completely unexpected, but it’s the Irishman’s business to announce:

“There are… how can I say this? There are other circumstances involved in this that will be played out after the fight,” White said. “It’s something completely out of left field but it’s Conor’s business, it’s not mine, and I’ll let Conor announce it when he’s ready to.”

Win, lose, or draw McGregor is giving fans yet another reason to tune in come November 12th, as the Irishman will attempt to make promotion history when he challenges Alvarez for the 155-pound title while he is already the champion in the UFC’s featherweight division.

If McGregor is able to emerge victorious come fight night, he will be the first man in UFC history to hold two titles in different weight classes simultaneously:

“It’s always positive with me,” McGregor said. “So all I’ll say is tune in.”

Alvarez and McGregor will meet in the main event of UFC 205 for the lightweight championship live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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McGregor Predicts 2 Million PPV Buys, Explains Why It Will Beat Diaz Rematch At UFC 202

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While making the media rounds to promote among other things, his involvement in the new Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare video game, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor was asked to break out his “Mystic Mac” alter-ego for a couple of trademark “Notorious” predictions ahead of his UFC Lightweight Championship bout against title-holder Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November.

“Mystic Mac,” known for scary accuracy in predicting both the outcomes of his fights and what the business numbers will be at the box office, has been predicting a knockout of the reigning UFC 155-pound champion in many interviews and when asked by MMAJunkie.com how many buys the UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor event will do on pay-per-view, he revealed a figure that would easily make it the most-ordered event in UFC history.

“I’m almost certain we’re talking the two million mark,” McGregor said. “I feel it will break the two million mark. That’s what I’d like, and then go from there.”

In his last Octagon appearance, McGregor fought an immediate 170-pound rematch against Nate Diaz at UFC 202 and according to early estimates, the show is believed to be among the most-purchased PPVs in company history, if not the new record-holder. As the MMA Junkie interview with McGregor continued, the Irish mega-star explained why his fight with Alvarez at UFC 205 in November has all of the ingredients that UFC 202 in August didn’t have to help the event break the coveted two-million buy mark on pay-per-view.

“[It will break the record] 100 percent – I think the money is there,” McGregor said. “For UFC 202, they backed it with no money. UFC 200 is where the advertising dollars went. UFC 202 was worth double what they spent in advertising dollars. UFC 202 broke the pay-per-view record with very little push. A very, very weak undercard. Now you have me, you have New York, you have history and you have many factors. They’re pushing the advertising dollars on it.”

UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor kicks off UFC action in the state of New York on Saturday, November 12th from the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York City.

Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for our free results coverage of the UFC 205 pay-per-view, including live in-round-updates.

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“I’m almost certain we’re talking the two million mark,” McGregor said. “I feel it will break the two million mark. That’s what I’d like, and then go from there.”

UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor kicks off UFC action in the state of New York on Saturday, November 12th from the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York City.

Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for our free results coverage of the UFC 205 pay-per-view, including live in-round-updates.

Conor McGregor Says Trilogy Bout ‘Wouldn’t End Good’ For Nate Diaz

While featherweight champion Conor McGregor is gearing up to challenge lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in the main event of November 12’s UFC 205 from New York, Nate Diaz’s fighting future is currently unclear. Diaz and McGregor squared off in their highly anticipated rematch at August 20’s UFC 202 with McGregor winning the bout by majority

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Diaz and McGregor squared off in their highly anticipated rematch at August 20’s UFC 202 with McGregor winning the bout by majority decision after suffering a shocking submission loss to the Stockton native in their first bout last March at UFC 196. Given the fact that the two rivals have split wins and losses, a trilogy bout seems likely down the road, and Diaz has made it clear that that’s what he has his eyes set on.

The “Notorious” one, however, says a trilogy bout ‘wouldn’t end good’ for Diaz, although he is open to the possibility potentially for the 155-pound title he plans to win next month:

“I think potentially so. The more I think about it Nate is going to be… There was a lot of damage done to Nathan in that last fight. You know looking at his face it just didn’t look the same. I know those close to him will understand what I am talking about. So there could be a potential fight maybe down the line for the lightweight belt after I win this one. To see him have to make the weight. And then to see the damage that he took in the last fight and then come in at a much lower weight.. It wouldn’t end good for him. So I’d imagine and I would probably hope that his people close to him would stop him from doing it. It’s done now. Cash your money and bounce,” McGregor told The LAD Bible.

Diaz is currently ranked No. 4 in the lightweight division, and given his history with McGregor, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the two booked again if McGregor gets by Alvarez.

Would you like to see a rubber match take place?

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NSAC Executive: Conor McGregor Only Fined $75,000

Last week, reigning UFC featherweight champion the “Notorious” Conor McGregor appeared before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) via telephone regarding the bottle-throwing incident at the UFC 202 press conference prior to his highly-anticipated rematch with Nate Diaz, a bout he won via majority decision. Ultimately, the Irishman was given a hefty $150,000 fine along

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Ultimately, the Irishman was given a hefty $150,000 fine along with 50 hours of community service. Despite McGregor’s actions, the punishment seemed to be a bit much, and the champ even wished the commission ‘good luck trying to get it (the fine)’.

It now, however, looks as if McGregor may not have actually been fined $150,000. According to NSAC executive Bob Bennet, who recently spoke with MMAFighting, the $150,000 fine includes a $75,000 fine as well as the value of a public service announcement that McGregor must do for the commission, something he and his team agreed to.

“It appears the media and others got it wrong,” Bennett said.

Diaz has yet to meet with the commission regarding his punishment for the incident.

In the meantime, McGregor is gearing up to challenge lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in the main event of November 12’s UFC 205 from New York in hopes of becoming the first man in promotional history to hold two titles at one time.

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Conor McGregor Urges Ronda Rousey To ‘Shut Them All Up’

After 11 months (to the day) away from the Octagon following her second-round knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, the promotion announced this week that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will return to the Octagon against Amanda Nunes in the main event of December 30’s UFC 207 from Las Vegas. ‘Rowdy’s’

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‘Rowdy’s’ return is no doubt the most anticipated in the 23-year history of the UFC, and women’s MMA has been in a state of disarray in her absence. To the surprise of most, Holm has dropped two fights in a row, the first to Miesha Tate in a shocking come-from-behind submission defeat at March 5’s UFC 196. Tate then went on to lose the belt in a heavily one-sided submission loss to Nunes, marking the third woman to hold the women’s bantamweight title since Rousey ruled with six straight finishes.

Those times are long gone in the ever-evolving world of MMA, however, and many are doubting Rousey can return to the effortless domination that propelled her to the enviable position as MMA’s most recognized persona. The backlash Rousey faced in the days and months after her loss to Holm was unprecedented, and fostered a sort of cycle that only heaped more outrage on her when she forced herself into a self-imposed exile away from the watchful eye of the media.

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While an easy and impressive Rousey win seemed like little more than a foregone conclusion less than a year ago, MMA fans now pick the bout with a much more measured degree of caution, especially against a champion with momentum like Nunes. Many of them may want Rousey to fail yet again, but the UFC’s current biggest star – featherweight champion Conor McGregor – isn’t among that group of haters.

His opinion on all topics in MMA now the most desired stance in the fight game, “The Notorious” recently told Sports Illustrated there is only one thing Rousey can do, and that’s silence her doubters by winning her long-held title back:

“I’d tell her to go shut them all up now,” McGregor told SI by phone. “Shut them all up. Go and stake your claim again.”

“I wish Ronda nothing but the best, it’s good to see her back,” he continued. “Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses. I’m happy she is ready to go again and I wish her well.

“Go and shut these people up now. Go and get what you began back. I’m excited to see how it unfolds.”

Encouraging words from McGregor, who obviously knows a thing or two about returning from a devastating loss as a massive favorite after Nate Diaz submitted him in the second-round of their main event at UFC 196.

Unlike Rousey, the Irish stalwart chose to immediately face his arch rival again, scoring a close majority decision win at August 20’s UFC 202 to gain his vengeance.

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Rousey’s return will be bigger than huge, as she’s the only name in MMA who can stake a valid claim at McGregor’s spot as the biggest star in the fight game. It’s no small task, despite the fact UFC President Dana White believes Rousey is still a bigger draw than McGregor. If the returning judoka can get past Nunes in her comeback, a super fight with Cris “Cyborg” Justino potentially awaits, a fight that White believes would be the ‘biggest UFC pay-per-view of all time.’

But “Notorious” is predicting that result for his awaited lightweight title bout with Eddie Alvarez in the main event of November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York, a monumental fight he believes will secure in excess of two million buys.

Do you agree that Rousey still has the drawing power to topple McGregor? Will she silence her detractors as the Irish champion has urged?

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Michael Bisping & Chris Weidman Trash Yoel Romero’s PED Violation

It appears as though the UFC’s middleweight division is in an uproar following Yoel Romero’s recent United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) violation. Romero was flagged by USADA following his UFC 194 split decision win over Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, and handed a six month suspension after the Cuban’s tainted supplement defense. Current 185-pound champ Michael Bisping, however,

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It appears as though the UFC’s middleweight division is in an uproar following Yoel Romero’s recent United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) violation.

Romero was flagged by USADA following his UFC 194 split decision win over Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, and handed a six month suspension after the Cuban’s tainted supplement defense.

Current 185-pound champ Michael Bisping, however, isn’t buying Romero’s tainted supplement defense (courtesy of MMA Fighting), who says those who are caught with PEDs in their system should be suspended ‘forever’:

“Once you have PEDs in your system, any time you put the PEDs in your system, I think you should be suspended forever,” Bisping said. “And now you have this whole thing where, tainted supplements, I’m not sold on it.

“I feel like every time someone failed a drug test the first thing they go to was ‘oh, I was taking this and it was tainted,’ I mean, it doesn’t take too much time to be like, I failed for testosterone or whatever it is, let me find a supplement inside GNC that people might feel is not a big deal to take and they might be a little more lenient on me.”

Romero’s next opponent will be former UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman, as the two talented 185-pounders will meet on the main card of UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden. Weidman stated that he finds this contest a bit personal as he gets ‘pissed off’ when people take steroids in the sport to get an upper hand on the competition:

“It’s personal because the guy, he’s a gifted athlete, he just failed for steroids, and this is the biggest fight of my life,” Weidman said. “I don’t like when people take steroids and cheat, especially when they walk into a cage, it pisses me off. And then when you have all these excuses and people start feeling bad for you, it pisses me off.

“Either way I still go crazy, these guys are taking steroids, I was in this sport pre-USADA and I was used to the idea all these guys were taking steroids and now they’re getting caught for it. At the end of the day I was fighting guys on steroids even before this and now they’re getting caught for it.”

Weidman and Romero will meet on the main card of UFC 205 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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