C. McGregor (photo) is undefeated in the UFC and is already thinking about a fight against J. Aldo. Photo: Josh Hedges
the irish Conor McGregor earned its reputation as ‘new Chael Sonnen’ at UFC 178. The featherweight gave controversial interviews, provoked his rival and drew all the attention of the show to himself. In the octagon he lived up to everything he promised in promoting the fight, he was not aware of Dustin poirier and knocked out his rival in just 1m46s. After celebrating the triumph, the controversial Irishman took the microphone from Joe Rogan, the event's official reporter, and challenged the champion José Aldo for a fight in the football stadium.
The fight
Before the fight even started Conor McGregor has already demonstrated his reputation as a controversialist. While the central referee, Herb Dean, was giving instructions for the start of the duel, he put his hand close to Poirier's face and called him into the fight. The American didn't seem to like it and Dean told the athletes to back off.
Once the fight really started, McGregor wasted no time and went straight for it. He landed some low kicks combined with boxing strikes. Lacking confidence, Poirier seemed to start to loosen up in the fight after the first minute when he was caught.
Conor McGregor landed a left hook and the American bent his knee. From then on, the Irishman fired an arsenal of blows until the referee stopped the fight and declared a technical knockout in favor of the controversial featherweight.
“I don’t just knock them out, I pick the round. What these guys don't understand is that before they get hit by me, they don't know what this is. I'm going to knock them all out in the first round, come on. MMA fighters have similar movements, no one moves like me, I look for different angles and this is the new way of fighting. The new way of fighting is Irish. I knew he hadn't taken blows like mine, he's a great fighter, he was also focused, but when featherweights get hit by me, they have a different feeling”, said McGregor before challenging José Aldo.
“Do you know what’s coming now? I'm going to brazil. When Aldo eliminates (Chad) mini-Mendes, let's do Aldo vs. McGregor. It could be anywhere, it could be in Brazil or in a football stadium in Ireland! Let’s go to war”, he provoked.
Check out the UFC 178 results below
main card
Demetrious Johnson submitted Chris Cariaso with a Kimura in R2
Donald Cerrone defeated Eddie Alvarez via unanimous decision;
Conor McGregor derrotou Dustin poirier by technical knockout in R1;
Yoel romero defeated Tim Kennedy via TKO in R3;
Zingano cat derrotou Amanda nunes by technical knockout in R3;
Preliminary Card
Dominick Cruz defeated Takeya Mizugaki via TKO in R1;
Jorge masvidal defeated James Krause via unanimous decision;
Stephen Thompson defeated Patrick Côté by unanimous decision of the judges;
Brian Ebersole defeated John Howard via split decision;
Kevin Lee defeated John Tuck by unanimous decision;
Manny Gamburyan submitted Cody Gibson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
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