Start your Independent Premium subscription today.The performance, which was classic McGregor, followed a lead-up that had been somewhat damp compared to what followers of the sport have come to expect from one involving ‘Notorious’, with the Irishman, 31, and Cerrone, 36, remaining cordial all the way up to the first buzzer on Saturday night.If you were wondering where all the venom was, it turns out McGregor (22-4) was storing it in his left shoulder – we’ll get to that. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury enjoys himself behind Dee Devlin, McGregor's partner.McGregor has his hands taped. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Mark J. RebilasMMA Mixed Martial Arts - UFC 246 - Welterweight - Conor McGregor v Donald Cerrone Weigh-In - Pearl Theater, Palms Resort Casino, Las Vegas, United States - January 17, 2020 Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone go head to head during the weigh-in REUTERS/Mike Blake MIKE BLAKEMMA Mixed Martial Arts - UFC 246 - Welterweight - Conor McGregor v Donald Cerrone Weigh-In - Pearl Theater, Palms Resort Casino, Las Vegas, United States - January 17, 2020 Conor McGregor during the weigh-in REUTERS/Mike Blake MIKE BLAKECowboy is the first to arrive at the T-Mobile Arena.
The best photos from UFC 246 in Las Vegas, which is headlined by the bout between Conor McGregor and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. Not many UFC opponents have earned Conor McGregor’s respect before a match. Etch my name in history one more time. Cerrone suffered a 40-second defeat to McGregor in the Irishman’s eagerly-awaited octagon comeback in Las Vegas on January 18.The defeat was a brief if bruising one for Cerrone, 36, although many had hoped that one of MMA’s most popular figures would at least cash in for facing the sport’s most bankable star.But in an Instagram post, Cerrone has claimed that all he received was his flat $200,000 fight fee – and that he has seen nothing of the PPV fees the fight generated.By contrast, McGregor received a flat fight fee of $3 million, and ahead of the bout had boasted – somewhat implausibly – that he would end up making $80 million when all the other income had been added in.McGregor has frequently bragged of his ability to make his opponents rich simply by sharing the octagon with them.Cerrone certainly ended up pocketing more than $200,000 when sponsorship is added on, but he did miss out on doubling that amount by not securing a win bonus.In the event, Cerrone was handed a 40-second TKO defeat as McGregor first used some inventive shoulder strikes in the clinch before landing a head kick and finishing with a ground-and-pound assault.Cerrone has been forced to defend himself against claims he threw the fight simply to hand McGregor an easy comeback win as the Irishman looks to re-establish himself after his defeat to Russian lightweight ruler Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.Khabib dismissed McGregor’s win against Cerrone, saying The Dagestani dismissed any notion that the bout had been fixed, but mocked claims that McGregor’s win meant the Irishman should now gain a rematch.UFC chief Dana White has said McGregor will get a shot at the winner of the Khabib versus Tony Ferguson title bout set to take place in New York on April 18.© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020. (AP Photo/John Locher) John LocherJan 17, 2020; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; UFC president Dana White (left) reacts as Conor McGregor (center) faces off against Donald Cerrone during weigh ins for UFC 246 at T-Mobile Arena. Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone reaches two million PPV buys as ‘The Notorious’ makes record-breaking UFC return. “I wasn't doing what I should have been doing; I've made mistakes and I've been man enough to admit them.”“If I'm in the wrong, I'm in the wrong,” he continued. But for a man whose success was in part built upon a clear, self-devised path forward, it must have been difficult not to let his mind drift to potential foes for the rest of what he has labelled his “2020 season”.The biggest money fight would undoubtedly be a clash with And pretty soon we will see which hand he plays. Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone says he received no pay-per-view cut from his fight against Irish megastar Conor McGregor at UFC 246 despite the showdown selling over a million purchases. At the pre-fight press conference, McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC), the former UFC lightweight and featherweight …