Filed under: Blue Corner , Featured Videos , News , UFC UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor had only one fight this year, and although it took place in a boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather , “The Money Fight” was all McGregor needed to stay in the spotlight. The hype around the Mayweather (50-0 boxing) vs. McGregor (21-3 MMA, 0-1 boxing) bout, which took place in August and saw “The Notorious” lose by TKO in Round 10 , was a once-in-a-lifetime circus. The build was fueled with social media antics, and according to Twitter, those antics were among the most shared sports tweets of the year. Twitter today released its sports awards, and in the “Most Retweeted Athlete Tweets” column, both McGregor and Mayweather landed in the middle portion of the top 10