UFC 2023: Conor McGregor’s heartbreaking scene is brutal, McGregor is forever, Netflix

Controversial UFC legend Conor McGregor has shared some bittersweet moments that fans say changed the Irish superstar.

While it wasn’t McGregor’s first loss in the UFC, his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 was his most brutal yet.

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Nurmagomedov took down McGregor with a fourth round handle in their infamous clash before the Daghestani legend jumped out of his cage and ran. fight with the entourage of the Irishman.

McGregor also had to fend off supporter Nurmagomedov, who jumped into the octagon and landed multiple punches on the defeated star.

Both men were suspended from a fight and fined after wild scenes.

It came after the ugliest fight preparation imaginable. McGregor jailed because of the attack on the bus in New York and the hostility that erupted in the run-up to the fight.

But as the world tried to cope with what it had happened in the pogromthe fighters were taken to their rooms, as the formality of the result was revealed.

In a Netflix documentary series McGregor foreverthe world can get a glimpse of a McGregor it’s not familiar with.

Comforted by his team, we rarely saw a McGregor like this as he faced the severity of defeat on the biggest stage.

The fight still holds the UFC record of 2.4 million PPV buys, only surpassed in history by McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather in 2017 and Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao in 2015.

Backstage, McGregor looked like a broken man who was on the verge of tears.

UFC President Dana White filmed a conversation with McGregor and asked: “Are you okay? I mean, after those shots you fired when the kid jumped in there.”

McGregor replied: “I don’t give a damn about that. I don’t care about it. They were handbags.

White: I didn’t see Khabib jump. I didn’t foresee this.”

McGregor: Who cares? These are handbags.

“I was beaten and everything. I was beaten where it mattered, that’s all.

“The End Who cares about all this shit?”

Even McGregor’s coach Colin Byrne thought it was a turning point in McGregor’s career.

“The Khabib fight was a kick in the pit,” Byrne said. “And he deserved it.

“There is nothing pleasant about it. All this rage, and the press conference, and the incident after the fight, there are no winners in all this. It’s just hatred.

“It brought out the worst in both of them as people, you know?

“And it distracts from what should be. But at this stage, it is no longer a question of victory or defeat.

“Fighting is a very small part of it. This is really what we do for 10 minutes. It’s the rest of the weeks, months, years, which is not really about fighting, but about what he can do as a force in the world.”

But McGregor has only fought three times since that fateful day in October 2018. 2020 victory over Donald Cerrone and two losses to Dustin Poirier.

McGregor was out of action after his second fight in July 2021 after McGregor broke his leg in disgusting scenes.

And fans believe that the defeat from Nurmagomedov was the point of no return for McGregor.

Another tweeted, “Khabib really ruined this guy’s soul and career.”

Oasis MMA also tweeted that McGregor wasn’t the only one Nurmagomedov did this to.

The fighters had a record of 233-64 before meeting Nurmagomedov compared to a record of 59-61 after meeting the undefeated champion.

Although he is expected to return to the octagon in fight against Michael Chandler In the near future, it’s hard to say which of the McGregors will return to the sport, where he was the biggest star for most of the decade.

McGregor has teased that he will be chasing the UFC knockout record of eight now, five behind joint leaders Matt Brown and Derrick Lewis.

When asked how he would break the record, the 34-year-old replied: “Just get back to it.

“I only have five knockouts left, so I’m almost there. … I’ll see you soon.”

But the recent shape makes it hard to believe.

With only five fights and one win since UFC 205 in November 2016, where he won Lightweight title over Eddie Alvarez To become the first fighter in UFC history to hold belts in two divisions at the same time raises a lot of questions about whether McGregor can rediscover the form that made him the most sought-after athlete in the sport, or should he just give it all up at once. .

Originally published as ‘Never be the same’: Conor McGregor’s heartbreaking scene is just brutal