Conor is getting used to life as a top UFC figther
He can’t believe the size of their Las Vegas suite and neither can SBG team-mate Artem Lobev, who says: “Imagine what it’s like for a guy from the Soviet Union in this place!”
Questioning whether he has ‘made it’
Yes we would.
Remembering his days as an apprentice plumber
He’s a million miles away from that building site now.
Meeting with UFC bosses Lorenzo Fertita and Dana White
The pair continue to be impressed by McGregor’s drive.
Back home to the family
Listen up people, Tony’s got a nugget of wisdom for you.
The poster on O’Connell Street
“It’s a statue next,” McGregor insists. We’re not too sure how Daniel O’Connell and Big Jim Larkin would feel about that.
Reading out famous movie lines
“You talkin’ to me?”
Capoeira on the Copacabana
The Brazilian martial art combines fighting, music and dancing.
Taking on an arena full of Jose Aldo fans
It’s safe to say McGregor isn’t the most popular man in Brazil.
Sight-seeing in Rio
Were they all out of Dutch Gold…?
Aldo calls McGregor a “joker”
We cannot wait for the title fight in July.
Looking ahead to the future
He truly believes he’s on a path to the top.
Originally published 16 February 22.30
