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Conor McGregor Released on $50K Bail After New York Assault

New York (AFP) – Irish Mixed Martial Arts superstar Conor McGregor was released on $50,000 bail Friday after being hauled before a US judge on assault and criminal charges over a frenzied attack on a bus of rival fighters that injured two athletes.

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Conor McGregor Seen Leaving Police Station in Handcuffs

[ADULT LANGUAGE WARNING] TMZ Sports captured the moment UFC’s Conor McGregor was led out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn Friday. McGregor was arrested Thursday for attacking a bus full of fighters after a Thursday news conference for UFC

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Conor McGregor Facing Criminal Charges in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — Ultimate fighting star Conor McGregor is facing criminal charges in the wake of a backstage melee he allegedly instigated that has forced the removal of three fights from UFC’s biggest card of the year.

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Mayweather Ready to Start MMA Training Soon

Los Angeles (AFP) – Former welterweight boxing king Floyd Mayweather has teased the possibility he may come out of retirement for a mixed martial arts bout, revealing that he plans to start training for the octagon later this year.

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GSP Wins Middleweight Title in UFC Comeback

NEW YORK (AP) —Georges St. Pierre returned from a four-year layoff to choke out Michael Bisping to win the middleweight championship in the main event of UFC 217.

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Conor McGregor Apologizes for Using Gay Slur

Conor McGregor is a man who makes no apology for what he says or does, with certain exceptions. The UFC star and lightweight champion was recently caught on camera using a gay slur, and is trying to make amends for it.

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Two Title Bouts Headline UFC 216 in Vegas After Shooting

Demetrious Johnson chasing an unprecedented 11th title defense and a headline fight that could decide Conor McGregor’s next opponent top a UFC 216 card set for Saturday in Las Vegas, an event playing out in a city still reeling from a mass shooting in which 58 people were killed and nearly 500 were injured.

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Mayweather ‘Out of Retirement for McGregor’: MMA

Los Angeles (AFP) – Retired unbeaten boxing champion Floyd Mayweather says that when it comes to a possible big-money fight with Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor, he is “out of retirement.”

40-year-old Floyd Mayweather walked away from boxing as the welterweight champion in 2015

Floyd Mayweather Working Hard to Sell Matchup Against Conor McGregor as a Fair Fight

So, I believe I started my breakdown of a possible Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing matchup by calling it a no good, very bad situation for the UFC. Their most prized, visible, and lucrative fighter would be embarrassed on the largest PPV event in recorded human history, resulting in a massive pay day for McGregor and tremendous loss of prestige for the UFC.

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