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Kiefer Crosbie turned in a solid performance in front of a sold-out Dublin crowd to beat Hugo Pereira on the scorecards at Bellator Dublin. Backed by the surprise appearance of his long-time friend and training partner Conor McGregor, Kiefer strode to the cage to rapturous applause from the Dublin crowd ahead of his fourth appearance as a Bellator athlete. That’s …

John Kavanagh has spoken about his desire to see a matchup between his fighter Conor McGregor and the perennial featherweight/lightweight contender, Frankie Edgar. And it’s a fight that has been in discussion in one way or another for the last four or five years. Edgar, whose most recent outing saw him lose to Max Holloway, has been hanging around the …

Thursday night’s official press conference for UFC 244’s main-event pairing of Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz gave us an interesting insight into a potential change in the UFC’s attitude towards fight-promotion. Let’s be real, the presser was a bit of mess. Sound issues that were no doubt exacerbated by the choice of setting were joined by some excruciatingly bad questions …

In my eyes, there are three fighters who could well stand in front of Conor McGregor once he makes his return to the UFC octagon either later this year or in the early months of 2020. And it’s a tired topic, don’t get me wrong. But in the wake of UFC 242 and UFC Vancouver’s back-to-back main-events, it’s a subject …

Dustin Poirier suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main-event in Abu Dhabi last weekend. And it truly was a one-sided fight save for a pair of moments of near-brilliance from The Diamond. Even with that being said, there wasn’t even a second of that fight where Nurmagomedov was in any critical danger. …

Khabib Nurmagomedov produced a sublime performance in the UFC 242 main-event, submitting Dustin Poirier to defend his lightweight title. Khabib is the type of fighter will inevitably raise the standard for what it takes to be a modern-day MMA athlete at the highest level in the same way that the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Jon Jones did. Those two, …

The official YouTube account of the UFC has once again come through with an absolute gift, this time uploading the UFC 229 clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. It says a lot about the dominance of the Russian that his performance was still the biggest talking point of the night even with his post-fight attack on the team of …

Khabib Nurmagomedov has challenged Conor McGregor to recapture his form and momentum before he considers granting him a rematch.  Khabib made his intense hatred of the Irishman clear – telling ESPN that he would ‘go to jail’ if it came to it in order to lash out at him, claiming that their beef ‘will never be finished’. Citing fighters like his UFC …

Bellator Dublin will take place on September 27 and will feature a host of Ireland’s finest mixed martial artists from top to bottom.  Of course, James Gallagher will draw in the bulk of the global attention with his showdown against his fellow prospect Cal Ellenor in the night’s main-event, but littered throughout the card you will find several top Irish …

Michael Bisping has stressed his belief that Conor McGregor would now be on the B-side to Nate Diaz after the Stockton-native’s recent resurgence in popularity. Speaking during a recent edition of his Believe You Me podcast, the former middleweight champion explained his take on the current standing of both fighters within the eyes of the public. Citing a matchup between Nate and …

After a short period of heat between Irish boxer Luke Keeler and the mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor, it does appear as though ‘Cool Hand’ is ready to move on with his career. Of course, there never really was any chance that the reclusive former UFC champion would end his hiatus from combat sports for a battle against the …

Exactly two years have passed since the worlds of both boxing and mixed martial arts collided for an event that was unlike anything that we’ll ever see again in our lifetimes.  “That Mayweather/McGregor fight next Saturday, it’s an absolute disgrace, makes no sense. F**k the two of them they’re just conning us for the money.” “So you won’t watch it …

Conor McGregor’s unedited interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has been made available to watch in full, courtesy of BTSport. It was a pretty in-depth interview that saw the famed-reporter asking Conor about everything from his recent controversies to his thoughts on the current landscape of the fight-game – including sections relating to the return of Nate, his thoughts on his …

Conor McGregor had a moment of real honesty with Ariel Helwani when the famed reporter asked him exactly how aware he is of how his career’s trajectory seems from the outside looking in. It’s the clichéd fall from grace that has stolen away the careers of so many to have reached such heights. And while perhaps McGregor isn’t yet at …