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Join The Roar this Sunday for live round-by-round updates of UFC 179 from 11:15am AEST.
In a weigh-in night where three fighters failed to make weight, all eyes and ears were on a man who is not even fighting tomorrow. Meet Connor McGregor, a brash Irishman with a knack for a barbed trash-talking style and a penchant for finishing opponents quickly and brutally.
As Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes squared off 24 hours before their hugely anticipated rematch, all have been asking how the fight will go.
The talk is that though Aldo is known for getting tired in his fights, he has been the distance a number of times and should still have too much left in the tank to take care of business against the younger Mendes.
In the co-main event, both Glover Teixeira and Phil Davies made weight with no problems. Teixeira stated the very obvious, but profound, truth that he would have to be able to beat (or at least nullify) Davies’ wrestling to win the bout. We will see how it throws down. But back to McGregor.
Rarely do fighters catch the imagination of the casual fan. Chael Sonnan, Brock Lesnar, BJ Penn and Anderson Silva at his peak seem to be men able to walk on water. And another who seems likely to join this list is Connor McGregor.
With power in both hands, a mouth that will not stop talking and an ability to back up his boasting, we could be witnessing the birth of another genuine cross-over star. Of course we have had false dawns like this (Houston Alexander anyone?) but there is likelihood that Connor is made of sterner stuff.
Now ranked by UFC CEO (and let’s be honest, the man who’s opinion really matters) Dana White as the 145-pound number one contender, we will be seeing him in action against Denis Siver in Boston in January.
If he gets through that unscathed, a title shot against one of the two men we saw at the weigh-ins this morning awaits.
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