Five things we learned from Conor McGregor's beer and cigar-fuelled rant

UFC prima Conor McGregor delivered a stunning show successful a caller unrecorded watercourse which caught the attraction of fans, simply due to the fact that it could beryllium 1 of his astir off-the-rails showing yet.

The erstwhile two-division champion hasn't fought since suffering a brutal injury, breaking his leg successful the trilogy showdown with bitter rival Dustin Poirier astatine UFC 264 successful 2021. McGregor was acceptable to combat Michael Chandler successful June astatine UFC 303, but was forced to propulsion retired of the contention owed to an injury, with his instrumentality to the cage present being enactment backmost until the caller year.

His past authoritative triumph successful the UFC cage came successful 2020, erstwhile helium knocked retired Donald Cerrone astatine UFC 246 successful Las Vegas. The Irishman does person a palmy vocation extracurricular of MMA. The 36-year-old is portion proprietor of combat sports organisation, Bare Knuckle Boxing, and has besides enjoyed a affirmative task into the intoxicant concern successful the signifier of his Forged Irish Stout and Black Forge Inn successful his hometown of Dublin. He has besides launched a vocation successful Hollywood aft appearing alongside Jake Gyllenhaal successful 2022 successful a remake of the 1989 movie Road House.

The Irishman is well-known for his chaotic and chaotic personality, and this was connected amusement successful a caller unrecorded stream, wherever helium enjoyed a tin oregon 2 of his ain stout brand, puffing connected cigars and taking boxing stances. He appeared successful a watercourse sponsored by crypto casino Duelbits, and it's just to accidental that helium had a batch to accidental for himself. Here, Mirror Fighting takes a look astatine the 5 things we learned from his latest brew and cigar-fuelled rant...

1. Talks with Terence Crawford implicit two-fight deal

During the unrecorded stream, McGregor claimed boxing prima Terence Crawford rejected the accidental to combat him successful 2 abstracted fights. Talks didn't enactment retired aft 'Bud' had nary involvement successful warring successful MMA.

“Crawford is precise slick, helium besides has a wrestling inheritance pedigree," McGregor said. "You cognize they’re ever talking to maine astir bouts. I’ve already boxed a boxer, and the champion boxer successful MMA is me. You cognize what I mean? I make the astir [power]. We were talking backmost and distant astir a two-fight deal. He rings up Crawford successful beforehand of maine the time aft the fights. I get connected the telephone and accidental ‘Crawford, they’re present talking astir you and maine [fighting]. Two-fight deal, MMA first, boxing second.

"I cognize you person an extended wrestling background, and balls the size of a Bengal tiger. They’re asking for a fight, it’ll beryllium hundreds of millions connected the line. What’s up?', I said and past helium goes, ‘I don’t fancy taking a footwear disconnected Conor McGregor’, that’s what helium said. You person to respect that."

Crawford has been seen successful the past showing disconnected his wrestling skills against sparring partners, having had a inheritance successful the sport. It would springiness him a punchers accidental implicit immoderate boxer who wished to transverse implicit to MMA. That said, it appears it's not thing he's considering successful the adjacent future.

2. Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson

McGregor was speedy to rip into YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul during the unrecorded watercourse appearance. The Irishman claimed ‘nobody cared’ astir the event, and questioned however the showdown was taking astatine specified a large stadium. When asked astir the boxing showdown, which is scheduled to instrumentality spot successful November, McGregor paid tribute to Tyson, taking immoderate of his marque of marijuana connected camera.

“Mike Tyson, this is your stock,” helium said aft promoting the marijuana. “I don’t springiness a b*****s. They’re wearing 14oz gloves and it’s 2 infinitesimal rounds. Who gives a b******s? I anticipation Mike rattles the small dope, nary 1 gives a f*** astir him. How is that adjacent successful the f***ing Dallas stadium?”

His comments connected the bout went viral and Paul was speedy to instrumentality afloat vantage of it, rapidly releasing his ain parody video. The clip was viewed implicit 2 cardinal times crossed X and Instagram, and showed him dressed successful a achromatic garment similar McGregor. The American captioned the post: “Conor McGregor's clang retired needs to beryllium studied.” In the video, Paul tin beryllium seen mocking the Irishman's methods and movements, portion repeating his lines successful an Irish accent.

'The Problem Child' ended the video by jokingly pretending helium was McGregor declaring that helium is ‘still the f***ing king of this s***,’ earlier having to inquire a teammate again to marque definite successful a quieter tone. He past followed that up with a further post. Paul quoted his archetypal station by writing: “And for the grounds I would destruct this feline successful the ringing oregon successful the cage. Keep begging for your day hahaha.”

3. His ambitions of becoming a three-division champion

While McGregor inactive seems funny successful settling his concern successful the cage with Chandler next, the Irishman is besides unfastened to different opponents, similar UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad. “He’s woeful. I privation to combat him," McGregor said. "OK, Chandler is next. Belal-McGregor, UFC welterweight world rubric combat connected the line. I person aggregate knockouts astatine 170. I’m a unit to beryllium reckoned with astatine 170. I bash harm astatine 170. Check the stats. One 100 percent accuracy, this antheral hasn’t adjacent got a knockdown successful UFC history. Not 1 knockdown! It’s embarrassing, to beryllium honest. Kind of slow-rolling a idiosyncratic due to the fact that you conscionable don’t springiness a b******s. They’re each bums.”

Muhammad is connected an 11-fight unbeaten streak and precocious won the welterweight rubric with a ascendant show implicit Leon Edwards astatine UFC 304 successful Manchester. Muhammad himself responded to the Irishman's call-out connected Instagram, saying: "“Conor, however galore times are we going to bash this?” Muhammad said. “You commencement calling my sanction out, I clap back, past you spell missing again. Let’s halt this game, bro. We cognize you’re not coming backmost to combat us. We cognize you request help. You haven’t won a combat since 2020. The past Muslim combatant you sent location, helium sent you to the hospital. So halt doing this to yourself. You don’t privation this to hap again. I’d alternatively assistance you than combat you, bro. But if you bash privation to fight, Dana, deed my line.”

4. Calling retired Ilia Topuria for a fight

It's just to accidental that during the caller unrecorded stream, McGregor utilized that clip to telephone retired respective fighters successful the UFC. The Irishman besides deed retired astatine featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, who remarked that helium wasn't important capable to combat close now. "There are bigger fights than him," Topuria told Ibai Llanos. "He's not the McGregor that moved the masses; he's a McGregor who represents intoxicant and drugs much than sport."

Topuria's words recovered their people erstwhile a McGregor was prompted astir a combat with 'El Matador' during the Duelbits unrecorded stream. "How bash you deliberation you'd bushed Illy-Illia Abturo, Topturo?" McGregor work a instrumentality question aloud astir Topuria. "I'd drawback him by the scruff of the thorax and slap the small chemoreceptor disconnected him, yeah. The small ding dong of a happening helium is, yeah." McGregor past called for a combat with Topuria astatine BKFC Spain connected October 12. "You small fool I'll cave your caput in," McGregor ranted. "You small short-a*** d**k I'll container your jaw in. On sight! I'm successful Marbella Spain October 12th astatine the Bareknuckle. See what happens, yeah, spot what happens erstwhile you transverse maine bro."

5. Reveals his 5 top MMA fighters of each time

The 36-year-old offered astonishing selections arsenic helium revealed his 5 top mixed martial arts fighters of each clip connected the stream. "Rickson Gracie, Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell... however galore is that," McGregor said. "Three? Four? The OGs... Bas Rutten. Bas Rutten, yeah. Europe's own. Europe's archetypal is Bas Rutten. What a antheral Bas Rutten is. Serious signifier he's successful now. Bas, I'm close down you, bro. I spot you, Bas. I spot you, Bas. I'm close down you."

It's not outlandish to accidental each 5 of McGregor's picks played a pioneering relation successful helping MMA go the mainstream athletics it is today. However, determination were respective large names omitted from the list, including the likes of Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva and Jon Jones.