Let's go school this motherfucker.
It's either all or nothing, the game.
I felt I had enough talent.
It was time to pack up my job and chase my dream, and that's what I'm doing.
I'm the fucking future!
My dream is to be World Champion of the UFC
have more money than I know what to do with,
and have a great life for my kids and grandkids.
My dream is to be number one.
Oh! Nate Diaz is going off!
Diaz looking to finish it, right here, right now.
Final seconds of the round.
Just trying to survive.
Huge round for Nate Diaz.
These are those last few rounds, and they're over.
You're winning the clinch every time. Just recover. Loads of time.
Rinse and spit.
This is it now, championship rounds...
I mean, I was a little chimp. I was only a kid.
Had a chip on my shoulder.
Little chimp running around, trying to own the place.
But I kept showing up and then became the gorilla.
This is a dogfight, ladies and gentlemen, a real dogfight.
What's everyone else doing on Saturday? Probably out drinking, up to no good.
I'm here waiting on a...
ninety-plus-kilo, big rugby head.
You know what I mean? To come and basically have a scrap with.
We want to start making some money. I can't even afford a head guard now.
I was going to ask, do you have a spare with you?
- Have you not? - I don't have one, no.
He's a European welterweight champ. UFC-ready. You know what I mean?
We can't even buy ourselves fucking gear.
For our guys coming up, we don't have a sports council paying for shit.
We just show up here and beat the shit out of each other,
and just hope that we beat each other up enough to become really good
and get that shout for the UFC.
Start making the big money there.
The aim for everyone is to get to the UFC,
the premier promotion. We don't give a fuck about no other shit.
You're with the UFC, or you're with nothing.
It could happen any day. Literally... We have a fight in nine weeks.
Do you want it? You're fucking right I want it. It could happen like that.
There you go.
How you doing, boy? Huh?
The Irish Debt Bureau, come to join the queue.
Tell the Debt Bureau to join the fucking queue.
- Do you organize Conor's life? - Pretty much.
Pretty much.
Beard's getting a bit heavy.
I trimmed it just yesterday.
- I know. - How did you know?
I've seen all the hair in the sink.
They were here first and moved out. It wasn't long before they were back,
when they realized they had to pay bills.
"Any chance we can come for a month?"
And three years on, they're still here.
- You hungry? - I'm starving.
This looks lovely.
Most young men, why they got into martial arts was to defend themselves.
I started off really into football.
My first dreams were of being a football player.
How good you were at playing football and fighting
were the two things where I grew up.
As I'd start going outside my estate and all the conflicts started happening,
I had to think to myself, "I need to defend myself now, as well."
Not to get back at anyone.
To be like, "This guy knows where he's at. Leave him alone."
Now I don't know what I'm doing other than that, really. Now I'm obsessed.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Whoo!
Fuck me, that's brilliant.
- I went at him from round one. - Yeah.
Serious rounds. It's 80% humidity and about 30 degrees.
No one goes easy here. Everyone wants to win, you know what I mean?
From round one to round fucking the end, there are people trying to beat you up.
Saturday morning, 15 rounds. Sunday, weights and cardio workout.
Monday morning jujitsu, ten rounds. Monday night, eight rounds, I'd say.
Tuesday morning, here I am. Nine rounds going at it.
Not pitty-pat. Nine rounds trying to win every fucking minute of that round.
That's it. Get some shots in.
Fucking hell!
This isn't for three weeks or eight weeks, this is for life.
I just get fidgety. That's why I need to train.
If I don't train, I'm not myself.
It's like a sense of security or something.
It really messes with my head if I don't do some training.
Like I said, I'm broke still. I want to make some money.
Just keep going, get it in. This is my life. Welcome.
Go on, Conor!
Introducing his opponent, representing...
Go on, Conor!
Go on, lads!
My very first fight, yeah? 2007.
The Ringside, next door to the stadium. Look at it, it was packed, as well.
I'd only been training a week in MMA. I hadn't even got a pair of shorts.
Sit down!
I caught him with some heavy shots.
Right there I was thinking, "Right, fuck this!
This is what I'll do for the rest of my time."
When I went back to the gym the next day,
John pulled me into a room,
brought me upstairs, his little office upstairs and was like,
"You won't be fighting again if you ever go on like that."
The guy's hurt, and I'm screaming "Yeah!" and bouncing around.
"We don't go on like that."
So, you never really listened to that advice then.
I took it on board for one fight.
- Come on, Conor! - Come on, Conor! It's all you!
That's the way to go. Build up your reputation outside of the UFC.
Get big finishes, talk the talk, win titles in all weight divisions.
Then get your call-up.
When the call-up comes, get in there and prove everyone that you're there.
I'm still surprised, you know.
People could throw bricks at me, call me every name under the sun,
I'd still walk out there thinking I'm the Don Juan, the number one.
You have said that your goal is to get into the bigger organization.
- Do you think the call is... - Yeah, I hope so.
Hello, Sweden.
In mixed martial arts, a Dubliner is getting ready
to take on the best in the world.
A two-weight champion in the Cage Warriors Championship,
he's now been signed up to the elite Ultimate Fighting Championship.
All over the world, I feel like I can pack out shows.
I feel like I have that va-va-voom, as they say in France.
I think the easiest way to explain is he's been playing for the local teams,
and now he's being signed by Liverpool.
I see myself as the champ already.
You're the champion already?
I see myself as the champ from day one.
We're broke as motherfuckers over here. I haven't got a pot to piss in.
But I'm looking to get paid. I'm going to go straight for it.
Hands in the air, open palm, Chuck Norris style.
Marcus is hurt. Looking to finish him.
This is why everyone's been talking about Conor McGregor!
It's all over!
Wow! Ultra-impressive UFC debut!
This kid's the real deal.
- Welcome to the UFC, man. - Thank you very much.
There's been a lot of hype. I guess the hype is real, man.
I didn't have money before this, you know? And now here I am
with, like, 60 Gs bonus and my own pay. I don't know what the fuck's going on.
Just last week, I was collecting the social welfare.
I suppose I'm just gonna have to tell them to fuck off.
I'm just thinking of what I'm going to spend it on.
Here's the guy from The Daily Mail. Let's get them in there.
A hundred percent. What's up, man? Thank you so much, man.
My man! My man!
I always felt I was getting spotted. What kind of prick would you be?
"No, no, I don't want it."
- Thank you so much. - Good luck.
It's not as if I'm bloody Justin Bieber, with a thousand people outside waiting.
It's not heavy like that.
Living the dream. It's crazy.
You know, this isn't the safest area to have a big camera and a load of cash.
You'd want to be armed to come at me.
Something semi-automatic.
Two hours to get up to the back-arse of nowhere on a freezing-cold site.
Any time anything is needed, who has to go get it? Little old Conor here.
I used to drive that.
If you're motivated by money and fame, you're motivated by the wrong things.
And I agree, fuck fame! I'm in this game to get paid.
When I retire I want to be fat and lazy and answer to no one.
Six holidays a year and a car for every day of the week.
- Alright, boys? How are you? - Best of luck in the next boxing.
Thank you so much, man. Thank you. Thank you.
See what I'm saying about following me around? Spontaneous.
Ever hear people say spend your money on experience, rather than material things?
Well, fuck that! This, to me, is an experience.
And it's also material, so I'm killing two birds with one stone.
Aw!
- It's mine? - Yeah.
I'm in shock.
From a Peugeot to this. It's not bad.
Oh, my God! This is something else!
- You've worked hard. - Yeah.
Let us go to the Skype machine
and welcome in our pal, Mr. Hollywood.
Look at this guy, all of a sudden. What a difference a few months makes.
Don't hate, Ariel, yeah? Don't be hating.
I sense an aura, I sense an aura. It's oozing out of you.
Did you not sense that the first time, no?
You're only 1-0 in the UFC,
but it feels like you're 10-0
by the attention and buzz surrounding you.
Well, I always felt like the champ. This was all going on in my head.
Now it's just happening in real life.
I'm borderline insane, Ariel, yeah?
That's what makes me so damn dangerous.
I know you watched 163.
What did you think of Aldo's performance?
Are you ready for this, man?
Ariel, come on. There's no opponent.
This is my division. This is my time.
If they give me that title shot, I'll go for it.
I've come to fight. I've come to perform. I'm ready.
- That's it. - It is all over!
He said he would make it look easy. He made it look easy.
Tonight was a break-out night for this kid.
He proved he is legit and he belongs here.
Holy shit! Now, this is a fucking room!
You know what's next, that world title is next. Tell José I'm coming!
That's some suit, isn't it?
Fellas, once you got your autograph, please get out the way.
Fellas, that's it. I've got to get him there now.
You will be fighting José next for the title.
I'm going to hand him my spit bucket, tell him to spit-shine that belt!
He's supposedly one of the pound-for-pounds.
He's been on the tear. He's the featherweight king.
Only one king around here.
It's 50-50 on the feet.
I swear on my life, I watched his last fight,
and I tried my best to be humble.
I said, "Please, give him a round, give him two rounds, even."
I can't do it. He's going to get knocked out in one, as well.
We are in the Mac Mansion in Las Vegas,
and the people that are here with me
have been with me from the beginning.
Presently, Vegas is home
to high roller Conor McGregor and his entire team.
High roller!
I'm going to wipe out everyone in this division.
I said that, and I will do it.
Regardless of McGregor's claims,
José Aldo is, as of now, the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet.
If Conor goes in and does exactly what he says he's going to do to José Aldo,
it will be tough to not call him the pound-for-pound best in the world.
That is fucking quality, that is!
I love this elevator, yeah?
This is the bathroom, this is Dee's walk-in wardrobe.
Sauna. Right there.
His and hers sinks. Her bathroom. My walk-in wardrobe.
Fucking hell! It's like Floyd Mayweather or some shit.
Yes.
See that MGM every day.
Some place, isn't it?
It's unreal.
We went to the gym. We start rolling around.
We started on the feet. He comes up on his elbow.
Tries to jump in the air and tries to do that scissor sweep.
From fucking... From here.
And I'm just like this. And he just scissors me, and there's...
And I'm like... "What the fuck? We're only fucking slow rolling."
So now, I have to fucking accept that and manage this. But we're doing good.
And I'm getting really good sessions in. I'm in serious shape.
So, as long as I keep healthy...
On fight night, I'm going to let it go. I'm going to let everything fly.
- How is it feeling? - A lot better.
- I'm happy. It's getting there. - I love it.
Essentially, I've thrown my ACL, 80% of it.
I've become a master at recovering from this.
I am able to overcome it.
Everyone in the roster would have went running after this.
OK, OK, OK. OK, let me out, let me out.
They say I'll be able to kick in a couple more weeks.
But I'm a fucking work horse.
It's just another day to me. I'm a fucking veteran at this game.
They're doing a waxwork of him on fight week, on the Strip.
It's going to be around Vegas. People can take pictures with it.
That email is "For Conor's eyes only, please."
And this is about the 150th.
"Hi, Conor. After my last relationship broke down,
I had a powerful feeling that I was soon to meet the love of my life.
At around the same time, I had a vision of being in Vegas.
I do need one thing from you at this stage.
Please be honest with me about what is going on here.
I feel like we have been sharing this love online and elsewhere.
I see us having a number of children.
Ella, Shannon, Conor, Hugh, Michael, James, Seamus
are some names I have in mind."
Now I have not written back to this crazy bitch once,
but she keeps on sending emails, emails, emails.
Big, detailed ones like that, naming the kids and everything.
It's fucked up, innit? What do you do with that?
She could show up at your gaff one day with a bleedin' gun.
It's a busy night in the Mac Mansion.
And big, go big, go big!
And cut.
It comes to a halt in a suburban street, driver gets out,
smoke coming off the hood. He's broken down.
You're late for the fight. They don't know where you are.
This is a wedding chapel, smash through the wall of the wedding chapel.
There's a massive reveal in the center of Las Vegas.
So, you're in the center of Las Vegas.
- This is going to be a big, big shoot. - Massive.
Wednesday and Thursday or Wednesday or Thursday?
Wednesday and Thursday.
With this whole running scene, you're just a determined Conor McGregor.
And action, Conor. Ready? And action!
- Right, got it. - Cut it, we got it. Thank you.
You know you've made it when you've got a motherfucker holding an umbrella.
You know you're big time then.
- What about their wedding? - It's a wedding, so you basically...
Take a picture of me and Dee here.
- Ah, love it. - That's a gas.
Surprise!
Oh, my God! That looks good!
- We met three years ago. - It was at a party, wasn't it?
And then I didn't see anything of her for ages.
- I just came across her on Bebo. - One day, I had a friend request.
And I was like, "Hm, what's this?"
I was just saying she really believed in you for a long time, it seems.
Yeah. She did.
Conor would go training until about ten,
and just drive home, listen to music,
and kind of just saying, "One day." Yeah, "One day."
We are running behind here. It will be 1:15, 1:30.
- Who's coming over, Dee? - Heather. Conor's physio.
She just happened to have our Angie with her.
World champion preparation, this is, Arnold.
I've brought everybody out here, under one roof,
all preparing for one goal.
It's the way world champions do it. And I am a world champion.
But I'm sure you're training with your three-piece suit.
Yeah, I've got a few suits.
- Always looking sharp. - Exactly.
- It looks good. - Thank you.
I was thinking, like...
- I can hit things now. - That's good.
The day the fight, I said,
"Hold the pad there," and I just went go boom!
So essentially it's back where I was at now. That's nothing.
The more you work your glutes,
the less stress you're gonna have on that area.
Arnie, you were my hero growing up, but Heather is my hero now.
Good. No, she's fantastic.
Honestly, she is unbelievable at what she does.
UFC 189, I know it's a long way away.
I know you're a busy man, but I'll put you down as there.
I'll understand if you are not, but honestly, I wish you...
When I say I'll be back...
I mean it. I mean it, yeah.
Bye.
Arnie dropping into the gaff! Fucking right!
"When I say I'll be back..." I was like, "What? You fucking legend!"
- What's the story with the leg? - It's good. I've no restrictions.
Build up the glutes, keep going, and I can kick, I can spar now.
- Yep, all good. Love it, love it. - It's all come together nicely.
I'm not confident enough to stay on one leg.
All I needed to do was be stable there.
Get him to the fence, beat the body, the legs.
Separate, strike, carry on. They're solid rounds, aren't they?
There's no wrestling, but they're high-intensity.
There's a lot of movement in them.
He's ready to go. It's just getting him to the fight without any injuries
is the main thing, you know?
- Sweet! - It'll be almost 10,000 each.
- Yeah, sweet. - 10,000 just at the fucking weigh-in!
- I love it. - Right?
This is fresh!
Ten fucking years, this guy hasn't lost a fight
and then you got this fucking guy,
who has your persona, personality. It's a one-in-a-million fight.
Every day is moving forward.
That's just the way we live. That's our lives.
We live in this... positive mind frame.
To mimic José, all I got to do is look at every one of his jabs,
that right hand, that low kick. The same shots everyone throws.
To mimic me, he has to go to great lengths.
Everyone on the roster thinks it's his. I'm gonna flatten him.
I know I'm gonna knock him out.
He'll come in with that aggressive jab, right hand.
I'll step back, bang a left hook, and that will be it.
If you change the way you think,
and you believe with every single breath you take that you are the best,
and I was the first person to really hear him speak those words
and hear him be so passionate.
I always did believe him. Always. And I always will.
Do you know what's happening?
I don't know, I'm just reading online reports about Aldo breaking his rib.
You're not going to fight with a broken rib. After all this effort.
Shit.
Is Conor still asleep? He hasn't heard anything? You'll hear it.
Off that, into the pool.
- He got kicked in the ribs, sparring. - How hard was he fucking sparring?
Exactly. How hard can you be sparring?
A big spinning heel kick to the ribs.
- This is not what we expected today. - Crazy, two and a half weeks to go.
Two and a half weeks out, somebody kicks you so hard they break your ribs.
- Hey. Sunshine. - What's up?
This is what you call a rude awakening. He broke his fucking rib.
Oh, my God. So what happens now?
- That's why we're here. - We're here to talk to you.
He has a non-displaced fracture, which means...
So were they thumping the hell out of each other in the gym?
- Did he take a body shot? A body shot? - Yeah.
- He got hit with a body shot? - A kick.
Fucking hell.
We have a date, September 5th, in Vegas, which gives you another seven weeks.
- And you can fight Aldo. - Yeah, but that's September.
Whether I want to take another one is the question.
- I didn't know that was an option. - I knew that he would say that.
- That's what I thought. - I knew you'd say that.
Thanks, man. Later. Coach? Alright, man.
Just carry on business as usual, innit? Hit the gym tonight.
- See what happens. - Yeah.
Whoop! Whoop!
I knew that one sunk.
Doesn't matter who it is. Whoever steps in the cage is getting taken out.
José, Nate, Chad... whoever the fuck.
Whoever it is is getting fucked up bad.
- Hey. - Hi, how are you guys?
Just give us a reaction to the news that you've learned about José Aldo
and the potential of having to face Chad Mendes.
It means nothing to me. The result will remain the same.
It doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am the pound-for-pound number one.
So whoever's standing across from me will get it.
That'll work.
Had a little, tiny bruise...
And panic set in. Fear set in. So...
The doctors have revealed that he's a pussy.
So now, it's known. He's a pussy.
I'm fighting Mendes, Sergey. For the interim belt.
- No way. - Yeah. It's perfect.
As long as there's a belt on the line, I'm good. Know what I mean?
It'd be different if there was no belt on the line.
I'm going to pile the pressure on straight from the bell.
Big, big shots, big knees.
Hit high and shut him down.
The belt's on the line, but that makes all the difference.
Chad, can I ask you a little bit about
your superior wrestling skills, the advantage you would have?
I have the athleticism, and I have the wrestling ability
to put this dude on his back, anybody in the division,
to put them on their back.
It's always been the question: how will he do against a wrestler?
Now we answer that question.
He hasn't been training for years with Sergey for no reason.
My mind is absolutely bullet-proof, so if you are number one,
who gives a shit if number two steps out in place of number three?
- He doesn't shoot like in training. - It's that.
And he is afraid of the feet.
At that range, he's gonna be afraid to come in.
He's gonna be shooting from miles over there.
Conor is a one-dimensional fighter.
He doesn't have wrestling or jujitsu.
You wipe all that hype out of here,
I'm gonna get in there and destroy this dude. Bottom line.
- Was that a pop? On my leg? - Yeah.
Are you serious? No. It wasn't on that leg, was it?
There's nothing there. I didn't feel nothing. It was a pop, wasn't it?
- It's alright. It was nothing. - Was it?
Sorry, man.
- Are you alright? - I heard a crack.
- Where? - In my right knee.
It was nothing. No pain or nothing. It was just, "What was that?"
Was it extending it or coming down?
I had a bend like that in a body triangle position.
Get that out my face, will you?
Let's go.
- Where is it, here? - Yeah. Right here on the left.
Some MRI place. See there's nothing wrong.
That's it. What do you want me to say?
We're not sure exactly what the situation is at the moment.
I mean, he was already on one leg. This morning he was as low as can be.
But I think he's going to fight through it either way.
There's no other way. This fight is too big.
In the third round I was just balancing. Playing balance games.
But here, I felt unstable. A couple of times.
See that? It's freaking me out.
It's making me question whether it's stable and that's not good.
Any time I compress now it's sore.
And you still feel that pressure in the back?
Pretty much anyone in the world would have pulled out of the fight.
Conor is training without ACL.
You are not supposed to be able to walk without ACL.
Just for those things alone, that's how I know he's going to be the champion.
What's up? How you doing, man, alright? Good, good.
Hey. I was like, "Ma, two up two down, not anymore."
Get this. Haven't seen her in ages.
Where's Aoife?
Feeling good? He's on his way.
Big cry from the old Crumlin, wasn't it?
- I'm so excited! - It's massive, isn't it?
- Love you. Miss you loads. - I miss yous, too.
Surreal, isn't it? Are you just kind of used to it now?
This is cool, isn't it?
- Long time no see. How you doing? - Good, good, good.
- How's the weight situation? - I'm on top of it, yeah.
- We knew you would be. - There are rumors going around.
- Yeah. - Where's he going?
I'm surrounded by luxuries.
But it certainly involves a lot of sacrifice.
People see the nice things...
People see the nice things but they don't get to walk by them scales.
That's... That's not good.
- How you feeling? - Just a little bit creaky.
- Going up and down there. - I can feel it 24/7, 24/7.
I'm thinking fuck MMA sparring. I'm setting myself back.
Stop doing the MMA sparring. Start doing the boxing.
- I just feel a little bit better. - Boxing drills?
That's what I'm thinking.
- That and the weight. - Yeah, that and the weight. Let's see.
It's hot out today.
Oh, my God. It's heavy, isn't it, Artem? It's the heaviest.
I look at you, and I'm like, "Fuck featherweight!"
I'm not going there.
- Back in a bit, yeah? - Yeah.
Last move. Who wants it? Who wants it the most?
It's getting close now.
You're supposed to up the pace but you're eating less.
It's the hardest and most dangerous time.
Once Conor is in the cage,
the door is locked, that's it, our job is done.
Yesterday's session was very good. It gave me a boost.
The weight's down, everything's good.
Life's good. The only thing that's going to put you down is injury.
What was the motto of the camp? What was the motto of life?
Three minutes.
"Improvise, adapt and overcome."
Great work today, buddy!
Good session.
- Conor? - Where are you?
That looks nice.
Finally here.
- Come on. - 144 and a half.
- Enough. - They say I struggle.
I don't struggle. I'm a perfectionist.
Half under.
- Twentieth one done. - I'm proud of you.
Fuck everyone doubting me.
Doubting a professional. How can you doubt a professional?
I don't fuck about at this game. I take this game very seriously.
What's up, skinny? Good to see you.
You look fucking crazy. Cutting weight is a fucking weird thing.
- Let's get this thing over with. - Let's do it. I'm ready.
Alright, let's bring in the water.
Sinead, baby, I'll see you later, yeah? See you when I come back.
He has the bag, yeah? The Louis's here, is it? Suit bag?
The suit and Louis bag's in there, innit? All the bags and everything?
How do I look?
Like what? What do I look like? Like a world champion, baby.
Everyone has their ID and all, yeah?
- You have mine, yeah? - Yeah, your wallet's in there.
Put some R&B, rap or something on there, please.
All the way up. We're not 90 in here.
- Little bit more. - Keep going.
A little bit more, please.
Thank you.
No one does it better than me, yeah? When it's all combined into a nutshell,
no one does it better than me. All of it together.
I mean business today, yeah? I mean business.
Alright, then I'll take off this fabulous suit.
I wanted to keep it on a little bit longer.
Conor McGregor, who is a unique one of a kind,
a guy who combines crazy trash-talk and hype
with spectacular talent, skills and confidence.
And an aura, there's an aura about this young man.
Let's go, pussy.
- Alright, Conor. - Yeah. Give me the flag.
- Let's do it, boys. Let's go. - It's all you.
Alright, gentlemen. Protect yourself at all times.
Follow my instructions.
Touch gloves is you wish to. Come out ready to fight.
How good is this?
Let's do it.
He hurt him hard. He hurt him hard there.
It's a good one-two by Chad.
- A spin again. - Again, hard shot.
- Looking for the takedown. - That's a big power shot.
Got it!
There's another hard shot to the body. Chad's hurt. Chad's body is hurt.
OK, let's stick with the long shots. The left kick to the body is beautiful.
And the straight to the body.
Every time, that takedown's on his left. You got this, baby. One round for us.
Chad can't stand in front of him, that's the problem he's having.
And Conor's doing a wonderful job of keeping him on the outside
and attacking his body.
- McGregor down again. - Huge takedown.
And this is what everyone wanted to see,
the one thing that he hadn't faced is a talented wrestler.
Mendes keeping busy. Slashing elbow by Mendes.
He's doing a lot of damage here.
He stepped over, looking for the neck. Chad is excellent at this.
- This is his technique. - Lock it in.
- Very bad position for Conor. - Great position from Mendes!
- Can he get it? No. - He lost it and they're back up.
- Uppercut. McGregor. Great combination. - Chad can't stand it.
Mendes fires back. Looks for another takedown.
- Not this time. - Conor stopped it.
Twenty seconds to go. Big, deep breaths by Chad Mendes.
Listen to this place. Big shots from McGregor!
- Ten seconds. - He's hurt.
Could he finish him here?
It is all over!
Conor McGregor is the UFC Interim Featherweight Champion!
Absolutely blown away by the support.
So much went on during the buildup.
I want to say thank you to my team,
my family, everyone that's come up with me.
People since day one.
And the Irish people that supported me, I swear to God I've done this for us.
- The champ is here. - The champ is in the house.
I'm so proud of you, Conor.
I don't recall you being this emotional after a win.
Is this a first for you?
Yeah, I don't think I have been.
It's been a long, long road.
Years and years of hard work, dedication.
And then even just the buildup to this has been up and down.
It's been a lot of travel, a lot of work and... I'm just blown away.
I swear to God I've never been like this in my life.
Fuck it! I was like that when you were walking out.
- Crying my eyes out. - Ah, fuck's sake!
Go on.
- You're nuts. Nuts! - The business associates.
All the business partners, get in. To good business.
I was so nervous down there. I think I lost two pounds in those few minutes.
- I could feel Heather's eyes on my leg. - I saw you on the ground, I was like...
Oh man, it's been a long road. It's been a long, hard road.
Conor! I love you, Conor.
This now sets up a fight with José Aldo
that will be easily the biggest fight in the history of the UFC.
In my opinion, José went running.
If he wants to come back, he can come back,
but I swear to God his day will come.
- The boys! - Want to help us?
I need to get him out. He is going bananas.
Yeah, right.
That just needs a clean on the outside, but this, inside and outside.
There's the keys to the BM, there's the keys to the Merc,
and the Range is gonna come around in a minute.
A couple of weeks after the fight, and I watched the whole thing.
It takes me back. And I went back there.
Watching it all is crazy.
Watching situations back and then putting yourself back there.
Fucking intense.
I like to do that, though. It's mental preparation, even if I'm not there.
Go to that place, where I was feeling them feelings. I live there.
So, when it's actually that time of day, it's just another day.
I'm so comfortable with it. So used to it.
I've done what no other man could do, got him out of bed early.
- Right to the end. Come on! - Ain't nothing. Easy.
Hardest workers in the game.
That's why we're the highest paid.
Go. Come on, round five.
Knock his fucking head off, Conor!
- Fuckin' A! - Thank you.
Aldo's going to be very lucky to get out of the first round.
Definitely an improved Conor McGregor. Every single camp, he just takes leaps.
Heel to toe. Heel to toe.
This is what we do with newspapers. Newspapers don't get read around here.
Let's go.
Fucking brilliant.
So, is it a fun job?
It is extremely fun beating people up for lots of money.
Do you talk to them while you're beating them up?
Are there conversations?
I certainly let them know that they hit weak.
What about this guy you're fighting? What's his name? José?
We're almost there. I'm not going to get too excited,
because it was this time, last time, that he pulled. I'm a true great.
And I conquered my adversity. He did not. He went home.
It's a good craic, isn't it? I'm getting a bit more comfortable with it now.
I don't know. It's weird when you watch yourself.
I used to watch and be like, "What the fuck am I saying?
What am I talking weird like that for?"
- She'd be slagging me, wouldn't you? - Why would I be slagging you?
You'd be slagging me. Sometimes I can't listen.
- But that was alright. - That was good.
Here's the view.
Look at that view! Jesus!
This must be 15 press conferences I've done
without getting to fight this man, so I am happy we are here now.
And I am in a state of Zen, ready to put on the performance of my life.
Within four minutes, the shots will have landed.
Anything after that four-minute mark of the first round will be a formality.
This one will be a master class.
This one will be the changing of a guard.
The pound-for-pound number one, undefeated ten years.
The only featherweight champion. What can they say after José falls?
This will prove my point: that I am the number one.
It's good to come out and support my Irish brothers.
And of course, Conor McGregor, the man, blitzed it already.
Mathematically, Aldo's too short to get in close to Conor.
His length, reach and height are too much for him.
It's gonna be a debacle.
It's done in one.
If it's not done in one, it'll be done in two.
Here we go, ladies and gentlemen!
Introducing the Notorious Conor McGregor!
- Good job, 145! - 145 for Mr. McGregor!
I know that the sore parts of his face won't be able to take my shots.
I want to thank the Irish people for coming here for me. It means everything.
Tomorrow night, I'll bring that gold home for Ireland once again.
Conor McGregor, ladies and gentlemen!
Right there.
I tell you what, I've had about 25 meals.
Since fucking yesterday.
Everyone in that bleeding arena will be in bits by the time I get there.
They're already in a heap. Half of them don't even know where the fuck they are.
Gas. It'll be a good night but...
Everything will be too much.
Shots will be too heavy, movement will be too fast.
You're gonna see that fear rush across his face after the first exchange.
Uh-oh.
Them shoes, man. I love them shoes.
I look bleedin' fresh as fuck.
- How do I look, boys? Huh? - Yeah.
Nice.
Let's go school this motherfucker.
Let's see you now, boy!
Major fresh, I look. The face and all.
Six hours later, you'll look like this.
Are you out of here, babe? Right. See you after the fight.
He looks tired. You don't want to come in against me looking tired.
Where is the real champ? There he is, fresh! Whoo!
That man is fresh!
Lavender, that is. That's a lavender tie.
Too strong, too fast.
Can't take the power. Can't take the power.
That's the one.
That's a knockout.
You could put somebody in front of him and you'll still knock him out.
That's what we'll find. It is your future. Your family's future.
- Alright, Conor? - Yeah. Let's go, boys. Let's do it.
- The shackles are coming off. - Freedom.
Three, two, one! Go on, go on, go on!
Fourteen-fight winning streak.
In 2008, Conor McGregor said it was his dream to be a world champion in the UFC.
Seven years later, he's got his chance.
Unbeaten for over a decade,
the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet,
the only UFC undisputed featherweight champion,
25 and one, José Aldo!
You know the rules. Protect yourself and obey my commands at all times.
I want you to fight hard, but clean.
If you want to touch gloves, touch them now.
Good, step back. Good luck.
José Aldo! Conor McGregor!
The most highly anticipated featherweight fight of all time.
- Here we go! - Green trunks for the southpaw,
the Notorious Conor McGregor
Black trunks for the champion, José Aldo, Jr.
- Conor relaxed and smiling... - Oh, my!
- He slapped him. - Right there!
Conor McGregor is the new UFC Featherweight Champion of the World!
Oh! Unbelievable! The first punch he threw.
Slapped him!
Honestly, I feel for José. He was a phenomenal champion.
He deserved to go a little bit longer.
You did it all, sir! Congratulations!
Ireland, baby, we did it! Yeah!
You just keep doing it.
Ten years, one punch. Ten years, one punch
Ah, I love tradition.
- To the Irish! Loving the Gael. - To Ireland.
I love it.
Look at the way it's out on its own.
Fucking beautiful place, it is. This is the first of many.
I'm going to buy land and have a gym, have fucking everything on it.
Bleedin' horses and all, a farm.
A proper, proper compound. That's a big operation.
I'll do that when the fighting is done. Know what I'm saying?
When the fighting is wrapped up, I'll go into that.
- Here we go, Notorious Conor McGregor! - Can you see that, yeah?
Black shorts for the champion, José Aldo.
- Conor relaxed and smiling... - Oh! Just slapped him!
Conor McGregor is the new UFC Featherweight Champion of the World!
History. Long after I'm gone, that will be played.
Do you know what I'm saying? The story will be told.
People can look back, I can look back.
- Even there, it's still weird, innit? - Yeah, it's mad.
I'm spinning both ways. I'm moving better than I've ever moved.
I feel I'm at a stage in my life where I can overcome anything.
I can conquer anything.
That's where I feel I'm at now, after coming through all that.
And now where I'm at, what I have, what I've done, I can conquer anything.
Conor McGregor,
you're taking everything I worked for, motherfucker!
I'm gonna fight your fucking ass! The real money fight is me.
UFC 196, as our featherweight champion Conor McGregor,
moves up to welterweight to take on Nate Diaz.
You knocked down midgets.
- I'm a lion. - Short little people.
Your gazelle friends are gonna to be staring at your carcass.
We're never going to cross this river again.
I like him. He can hang with it. He's just a big dope of a thing.
I could just continue. I'm the featherweight world champion.
But I seek challenges.
I went up again, another body type,
more questions for fans, more anticipation.
- Thank you so much, Conor. - I appreciate it. Thank you.
No fighter in the history of combat sport
has ever been 27 years of age and had the numbers that I am at.
I don't mind coming close.
But he was right in my line of vision and then I just broke his hand.
Get that thing out of my face.
I've literally broke the internet about ten days in a row.
We've never seen a guy make the moves you are making.
A featherweight champion moving up two divisions to take a fight.
There's many scared pussies in the fight world.
People who don't take risks will never climb to that next level.
That's what champions do. That what generates interest.
A hungry motherfucker that does not care who is in his way.
The gates keep rising, the pay-per-views keep rising.
27 years of age at the very, very top, with no one even close.
I'd love to fight myself, if I really could.
Imagine the numbers that one would do.
Here we go!
Go on, Conor! Go on, Conor!
- Yeah. - Yes! That's where that left goes!
Conor, the aggressor here early.
Round one, in the books.
Round two!
Conor's busting Nate up,
which in the Diaz world means absolutely nothing.
Cos he will fight until he can't fight any longer.
Excellent exchanges here.
Good one-two by Nate. Strong jab by Nate.
Nate Diaz making up some ground here in the second round.
- A big difference. - The power of that uppercut.
- He tagged him. - A good one.
- He tagged him. He hurt him. - He hurt him with that left.
And he senses it. Diaz with a couple of big punches
that landed on McGregor's chin. Oh, my goodness!
- Diaz taking it to McGregor here! - He's hurting him.
He caught him again with a right hook. And another left!
And again with a combination!
- Conor looks for the takedown. - Look out for the guillotine!
Diaz trying to finish with a submission.
He's got it! Conor's in serious trouble.
- Diaz dishing them out! - My goodness!
Now he's got the back!
That's it! He's got the choke.
- He's tapped! He tapped! - He's done it.
It is all over. Nate Diaz beats Conor McGregor...
Yes, Nate Diaz!
- Good job, good job, boy. - You're still the champ.
Sorry, boys.
- It's OK. It's OK. - Sorry, buddy boy.
Give him a little bit of space guys, yeah? Just stay in the zone.
- The second round, yeah? - Near the end of the second round.
I was slipping and banging that left hand.
A load of times he came short as well.
I caught him with a clean uppercut, and he just was always there in my face.
Pussied out, I did. Pussied out and regretted it.
Here's Margaret now.
- What's up, Mags? Sorry, Ma. - Don't be worrying. Tough round.
It is what it is.
We're all still proud of you. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
- We're proud of you. - He can take a few smacks, the cunt.
You stalked him. You were fucking merking him the entire time.
You'll come back, I promise.
I know you. Everybody here knows you.
Fuck, yeah.
There are a lot of people talking.
I know José Aldo had some words to say.
I've seen José's thing.
He's celebrating somebody else's victory.
That's not the sign of a true champion.
Let's see how it plays. It is what it is. Right now, I'm just...
bathing in defeat.
Nothing surprised me.
I knew I was the superior boxer, the superior martial artist.
Superior jujitsu.
He's got a lot of push. He's been doing great.
He's got a lot of help behind him. I wish I had the same help.
I've been in this a long time. This was my 25th fight here in the UFC.
I'm at the top, so it's their call what's next.
We'll see what happens.
I was devastated for him.
The fight is gut-wrenching to watch, win or lose.
When he lost, I just wanted to see him and make sure he was alright.
And once he was alright, then I was OK. But...
It's hard to watch, either way. Fights are horrific to watch.
He just got straight back in. He knew that he is the better fighter.
He had a couple of hours and wanted the rematch straightaway, and got it.
So, straight back into training and that was it. And here we are.
You're always learning. Always learning. Nobody knows everything.
We'll get him this time. We'll get him this time.
I could sit here and spout off a million excuses.
But I lost. I fought my heart out, and I fucking lost, and that's it.
I have reasons why I feel that happened.
The weight, the specific training.
Now I have a chance to correct that. I have worked hard for this.
I have worked very, very hard for this.
The worst feeling in the world, waking up the next day.
If you've taken a few digs
and you're sore everywhere, and you've lost the fight.
And that is the lowest point I've ever been at, I think.
It just feels so shit.
You feel like you've let everyone down. You walk on the street,
you see some grandma walking and you think, "She knows. She knows I lost."
"She's looking at me now thinking, 'Look at this loser. You lost."'
I found the easiest way to deal with it is to get back to training.
As soon as. Just get it over with.
You'll break him.
If you're standing there letting him know, he'll start to panic.
Smash that leg every time. Get that head down and unload on the body.
Open up Tyson style.
You know what I mean?
I just got in this looking for a knock and a few quid.
I wasn't looking for everything else.
Everything else happened and I embraced it and I rolled with it,
but when it comes down to it, I just want to have a fight.
So, I'm just trying to pass the time
before I get in, march forward and throw bombs at this man.
Every fighter, every team, every coach lives and dies in their last fight.
Yeah, because guess what. Our reputation's on the line.
Structured. We've been very structured, very focused.
I think structure is the key to true success.
People say this and that. The naysayers weren't with me before anyway.
They won't be with me after I get this one back, either,
so I don't pay attention to them.
Do you need to beat Nate Diaz
in your mind to validate the things that you've said?
Yeah, 100%. Most importantly, I'll go out there and represent my team.
I have reasons why I felt I performed that way.
Thankfully, I have an opportunity to answer that.
Tune in August 20th, you'll see the real me.
Alright, let's go.
Let's go, come on. We're going.
What's up, everybody? Thanks for coming today. We appreciate it.
Can you tell me what you're feeling right now?
Once again, Conor McGregor is not here.
We're having a press conference.
If it's over before he gets here, it's over.
Do you have any questions, other than Conor being late?
Yeah, so they started the press conference without you.
OK, OK. Dana said, "We're going to start with or without him.
He needs to respect those times."
I want you to be aware of what you're walking into. Cool. Bye.
He was like, "Well, fuck, we're walking into a war zone,
but we already knew that! What's up?"
Nate, do you feel
that you exposed Conor McGregor as a better talker than he is a fighter?
I just think I beat him, and I thought I could beat him the whole time.
Obviously, Conor McGregor
is going to believe he's going to win the fight...
That's what he said last time.
He's either lying to himself or trying to make himself believe it.
But when he goes to sleep at night,
he'll remember what happened the last time.
Are you able to clear up why you were a little late to the press conference?
Vegas traffic is heavy.
I don't know, there must be a McGregor show going on,
because the place is packed.
- Fuck your whole team! - Fuck your whole team.
You're doing nothing. You're doing nothing.
Shut your fucking mouth. You're doing fucking nothing.
No, you're the ones who will do nothing. Get the fuck out of here!
That's a wrap. Get them out of here.
Sorry, guys. See you Saturday.
- Dee got that. - And I threw it right back at him.
He looked me in the eye and was all, "Oh, shit."
Fuck all that. Fuck all that. Are you serious? Like, it's...
- Fuck's sake! - All you guys got to be smart.
- I'm the only one throwing bottles. - Even better, don't throw the bottle.
You've just seen them throwing bottles. I just started throwing them back.
I'm going to get that little skinny bastard.
Throwing bottles like thicks. Stupid, that was.
All they had to do with walk out there. Do what they were doing and walk out.
Throw bottles, then it's different.
It's past a little scheduled fight for me now.
A yoke's after bouncing off her elbow. That's enough for me to catch one.
Outside of everything else. Seriously, that's...
I don't give a bollocks about the fight.
I hear you. But you understand why it's not smart?
But I understand where the emotions are coming from, you know?
The official weight, 168!
He should have killed me when he had the chance,
cos now I'm back, and I'm gonna kill you and your whole fucking team!
You and them bitch tits!
Where's Dylan?
Where the fuck is Dylan now? For fuck's sake.
Tactics and technique. That's where I'm at now.
- The illusion of crazy is... - Now it's winding up.
Small crew, go in, step by step.
No wild exchanges, going to walk him down. Pick your shots.
There are so many questions,
but if were Nate Diaz, I'd feel pretty confident.
He has the strength behind him. He has the size advantage behind him.
I think we're going to see Diaz be vintage Diaz.
Guys, it is prediction time now. Does Conor McGregor exact his revenge?
- No, Nate Diaz is gonna overwhelm him. - I gotta go with Diaz in this match-up.
Yeah, I'm going with Diaz, as well. I think he's going to bigger, stronger
and he's going to stop him in the third round.
- Are you alright? - Yeah.
- Alright, fellas. Here we go. - Let's go, let's go, let's go.
You know the rules. Protect yourself and obey my commands at all times.
I want you to fight hard, but clean. If you want to touch gloves, touch now.
Good luck to both of you.
The fight's scheduled for five five-minute rounds.
Conor looking for redemption.
He rocked him.
Straight left connects.
Those are brutal leg kicks he's landing on Nate.
Nate's having a problem with that leg. He's moving on it funny.
Fight going according to plan thus far for McGregor.
One-nothing McGregor.
Stay with the leg kicks, don't push anything.
You've got four rounds to go.
- Oh! Big left! - He hurt him.
He's taking him apart right now.
Nate putting pressure on him. He senses Conor's slowing down.
Nate moving forward.
And he rocks him. We have ourselves a fight!
Nate Diaz weathered the storm, and now Conor McGregor is in trouble.
- Wow! - Things just got real interesting.
This is why you push yourself every day.
Recover, recover.
Nathan, get him against the cage! Pump that jab like you do, left-handed.
Don't let him hit you with the left!
- Conor's still breathing heavy, Mike. - Yeah.
Conor is fading radically here.
- And Nate senses it. - Nate just pointed to him.
And he just rocked him.
Big, deep breaths by Conor.
And the chants of "Diaz!" ring through the crowd.
Come on!
Good job. There's the big body shots.
- McGregor is in big trouble here. - Diaz is going off.
Diaz looking to finish him, right here, right now!
Big trouble for McGregor. Final seconds of the round.
Just trying to survive.
- Wow! - Huge round for Nate Diaz!
Just recover. Just recover.
These are those last few rounds, and they're over.
You're winning the clinch every time.
If your back's against the fence, hands up, they hit your arms.
You can slip and catch them on your arms. They're slaps.
Just recover. Loads of time. Rinse and spit.
This is it now, championship rounds...
Conor re-energized here.
He seems to have caught a second wind, Mike.
Five minutes for the best fight of your life. Five minutes.
This is a dogfight, ladies and gentlemen, a real dogfight.
Biggest fight in MMA history, and they're still swinging.
Wow! What a fight!
- They left it all inside the octagon. - What a fight!
Those men just gave everything they had,
and win, lose or draw,
that was an incredible performance by both fighters.
Great fucking fight. You're a little Mexican warrior.
As the judges render their decision.
This is the longest couple of minutes in McGregor and Diaz's life.
Alright, it's in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after five rounds,
we go to the judges' scorecards for a decision.
40-47 McGregor.
47-47 and 48-47
for the winner by majority decision,
the Notorious Conor McGregor!
Surprise, surprise, motherfucker! The king is back.
My gosh, that was the craziest fight I've ever seen.
- What a fucking fight. - It was epic.
Both of them have that dog in them, and it was one of the best fights ever.
Yeah, if it's not a bloody fight, it's not a Roddy fight.
They all doubted me. Every one of yous doubted me.
- Doubt me now. Doubt me now. - The king is back.
- Doubt me now. - Surprise, motherfucker!
Surprise, surprise, motherfucker. The king is back.
They all doubted me. They all doubted me.
Doubt me now. Doubt me now.
What a night. What a night. He was about 190 in there.
He was about 25 pounds heavier than me in there. I fucking love it.
Prior to the first fight with Nate Diaz,
your goal was to be a two-division champion.
- Is that still a goal of yours? - You're damn right it is.
Most certainly. I still envision two and possibly three belts on my shoulder.
There you go. Get it. Five, four, three, two, one.
That's right.
It's what I've dreamed into reality. Whoo! That looks good!
That looks good! God bless.
♪ OK I was gone for a minute But I'm back now
♪ Sit the fuck back down
♪ Seem like everybody nowadays Hollywood...
- Beautiful. - ♪ Oh, it's like that now?
♪ I'm 'a show you motherfuckers how to act now...
Somebody's 0 has got to go.
You line 'em up, and I knock 'em down like bowling pins.
How does it feel to know that you're polarizing the world?
- I'm changing the world. - ♪ Run motherfucker run
♪ Before the po-po get the gun put it to your brain...
One, two, three. Fuck the Mayweathers!
You're 40 years of age. Dress your fucking age.
♪ This is merely the beginning again What you been living in...
Life is so good. I'm living the dream here.
This is history-making shit, so I'm just embracing every moment.
God don't make mistakes. And God only made one thing perfect,
and that's my boxing record.
How's he going to get under my skin? I'm fucking topless up here
with a fucking mink coat on. I don't give a fuck.
♪ Everybody bleed Everybody need something
We are six weeks out from the biggest fight in sporting history,
and I'm 29 today.
♪ I been knocking doors down like a Jehovah's Witness
♪ God as my witness I'm with this but on the real
♪ I think I need another witness...
Yay!
Hello!
What am I doing?
He's engaging more and more every day. Do you know what I mean?
♪ OK, I was gone for a minute but I'm back now
♪ Sit the fuck back down
♪ Seem like everybody nowadays Hollywood
- I'm trying to fuck you up. - Keep trying. Keep trying.
♪ Everybody bleed Everybody need something
♪ Everybody love...
It's definitely gone to a crazier place than it's ever been, right?
I'm just rolling with it.
I'm pretty grateful that I get to live this life, do you know what I mean?
♪ Everybody love Everybody know
♪ OK, I was gone for a minute but I'm back now
♪ Sit the fuck back down
♪ Seem like everybody nowadays Hollywood
♪ Oh, it's like that now?
♪ I'm 'a show you motherfuckers how to act now
♪ Everybody people
♪ Everybody bleed Everybody need something
♪ Everybody love Everybody know
♪ OK, I was gone for a minute but I'm back now
♪ Sit the fuck back down
♪ Seem like everybody nowadays Hollywood
♪ Oh, it's like that now?
♪ I'm 'a show you motherfuckers how to act now
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