This week five years ago, Conor McGregor made his long -awaited return to the Achthoek; And only needed 40 seconds to beat a 'cowboy' in one of his best performance in his career.
Now that the UFC is out of the city, Bloody Elbow looks back in the archives to re-view some of the greatest and best fights from 'This week in the MMA history'.
And today we have a 'notorious' knockout of 40 seconds in sight.
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Conor McGregor needed 40 seconds to have UFC Hall of Famer in a back fight
On the way to UFC 246, Fans of Conor McGregor were worried about how the Irishman would make it after having been out of action for more than a year and with a weight of 170 pounds against promotional meter 'Cowboy' Cerrone.
It certainly did not take long before these concerns were flattened, crushed and were kicked against the curb; McGregor did not waste any time when he sprinted over the octhoek to land a flying knee.
While the two UFC super stars quickly grabbed each other during the conflict, McGregor began to perform a number of incredibly powerful shoulder attacks; Even go in the air to hand out such a slap.
The two broke up and Cerrone already suffered from the damage of those shoulder thrusts, while his nose was bleeding and his eye swollen in just 12 seconds in the very first round – although he later confessed that neither his nose nor his eye greenhouse were broken.
Cerrone and McGregor separated before they threw back-to-back main kicks … that of Cowboy was blocked by the high guard, but certainly not McGregor.
Now that the veteran with 33 fights was tough for the second time, the former two -time champion raised the pressure and landed a total of 19 unanswered punches – many of which with his patented left hand – to win his 19th victory in his career by Ko /TKO.
McGregor's knockout of 40 seconds not only earned him a performance of the night bonus, but also ensured that he wrote history as the very first UFC hunter ever achieved those knockouts in the field of featherweight, lightweight and welterweight .
Conor McGregor's insane knockout of 40 seconds ensured that Dana White was stunned
The audience in the T-Mobile Arena became wild of the knockout of McGregor in 40 seconds, with UFC CEO Dana White stating during a Media-Srum after the event that he, even in all his years of experience, he stated, “not that saw. ” [one] Coming.
'I talked about the weight difference all week … Yes, that was really crazy … Conor looked damn good tonight.
“It had nothing to do with injuries or whatever, Conor went right behind him; Started to hit him with those shoulders against his face, his nose probably broke and then it was on … it was incredible. ”
At the press conference after the fight, White continued to praise the most lucrative superstar of the UFC, told how he was “overwhelmed” by how “incredible” his performance was.
“Conor McGregor came out, he quickly looked, he hit hard, he had a game plan and he finished a real tough boy who came to win.”
'Conor McGregor looked ridiculous tonight. Nobody saw that coming. Nobody. And the way he went in there, the way he did it, he looked sharp, he quickly looked, he looked strong.
UFC 246 will undoubtedly enter the books as one of Conor McGregor's best performances ever in the Achthoek, although it is currently also the last victory that 'Notorious' has booked in the UFC.
According to recent reports, the next fight by Conor McGregor will take place in November 2025.
That timeline would be in line with Dana White's own assessment, in which she said in a recent episode of Barstool Sports “Pardon My Take:” Hopefully Conor McGregor will return in the fall of this year. “
It has been five years since that 'Notorious' evening out in Las Vegas; Thumbs that don't pass half a decade before we see his next.
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