Conor McGregor ’s time in the UFC has been the best of times and the worst of times, although the glory days feel like a distant memory. McGregor went from being on welfare to joining the UFC in April 2013, and he talked a big game from the moment he stepped foot in the octagon. Fight fans overwhelmingly loved him. And in the ensuing three years after his debut, McGregor quickly rose to a level of stardom not quite achieved before in mixed martial arts, which peaked when he became the first fighter in UFC history to simultaneously hold two championship belts. Since that momentous occasion, McGregor’s career has played out as a sort of cautionary tale on how a rags-to-riches story could go wrong, bottoming out with the UFC’s biggest star becoming an adjudicated sexual abuser . Public support for McGreor has waned to the point even his own country of Ireland has largely turned its back on him .
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Conor McGregor, fallen idol: From UFC champ-champ to adjudicated rapist – MMA Junkie