What is Conor McGregor?
[[File:Conor McGregor, UFC 189 World Tour London (2).jpg|thumb|McGregor at a press conference in March 2014]] '''Conor Anthony McGregor''' (born 14 July 1988) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]] and [[boxer]]. He started his career in 2008. He is signed to the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC). He is the former [[UFC Featherweight Championship|UFC Featherweight Champion]] and [[UFC Lightweight Championship|UFC Lightweight Champion]]. He has fought as a [[featherweight]], [[lightweight]] and [[welterweight]]. At UFC 194, he defeated [[Jose Aldo]] to win the UFC featherweight championship. In his welterweight debut at UFC 196, he was defeated by [[Nate Diaz]] in the second round via submission. On 6 October 2018, he won the UFC lightweight championship by defeating [[Eddie Alvarez]] and won via KO. In his boxing debut in 2017, he was defeated by [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]. He returned to MMA in 2018 and was defeated by [[Khabib Nurmagomedov]] via submission at UFC 229. The event set the record for the biggest MMA pay-per-view event, with 2.4 million buys in the United States. Throughout his career, McGregor has become the subject of many controversies due to his behaviour. ==Personal life== McGregor was born in [[Dublin]]. His parents are Timmy and Súsan McGregor. He started [[kickboxing]] in 2008, the same year he started dating his [[girlfriend]] Dee Devlin. Their son, Conor Jack McGregor, was born in May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/ufc/conor-mcgregor-announces-girlfriend-dee-9251050|title=Conor McGregor announces girlfriend Dee Devlin is pregnant and he's going to be a father for the first time after historic UFC 205 win|date=13 November 2016|access-date=14 November 2016|work=[[Daily Mirror|Irish Mirror]]}}</ref> ==Controversy== In 2019, McGregor was investigated for two seperate sexual assaults.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/sports/conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault.html|access-date=February 26, 2025|title=Conor Mc