Conor McGregor with Indian heavyweight fighter Ramston Edwin Rodrigues. (photograph Credit: McGregor Instagram)
The Irish combined martial artist Conor McGregor on Wednesday got here in help of India as the nation battle in opposition to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Conor McGregor on Wednesday prolonged his help to India as the nation battles in opposition to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. McGregor is at present coaching with Indian heavyweight fighter Ramston Edwin Rodrigues. On Wednesday, the Irish MMA fighter posted an image with the Indian fighter from his official deal with and mentioned that he “stands with India” of their combat with coronavirus pandemic.
In his publish, McGregor additionally predicted that Rodrigues goes to be India’s subsequent heavyweight champion. In response, Rodrigues expressed his gratitude by sharing the snap on his Instagram, thanking the Irishman for his form phrases.
McGregor returned to the MMA ring earlier this 12 months. However, the previous UFC double-weight champion was outsmarted by America’s Dustin Poirier on the Etihad Arena. In the second spherical of the light-weight combat, Poirier knocked out McGregor in 2 minutes and 32 seconds at UFC 257. It was McGregor’s second combat with the American. The final time the 2 had met, it was method again in 2014 and McGregor had defeated Poirier within the featherweight combat by first-round TKO at UFC 178.
Prior to his match with Poirier, McGregor had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 final 12 months in January. In the Welterweight bout, McGregor had utterly dominated Cerrone, knocking him out in simply 40 seconds.
McGregor is once more scheduled to face Dustin Poirier on July 10 in Las Vegas at UFC 264 in a highly-anticipated trilogy combat. The 32-year-old is at present coaching with Rodrigues on the UFC fitness center within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
McGregor is positioned on the fifteenth spot within the UFC males’s pound-for-pound rankings. McGregor is a former UFC featherweight and light-weight double champion. He received UFC Featherweight Championship in 2015 after defeating José Aldo in simply 13 seconds through knockout. Next 12 months, he defeated Eddie Alvarez within the UFC Lightweight Championship.
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