MMA Legend: A Look at Conor McGregor Through the Years (5 of 8)

But then he didn’t. He returned to the octagon 15 months later and beat the highly respected Donald Cerrone 40 seconds into the first round. A year later, in January 2021, he clashed against Dustin Poirier in a rematch of a fight Conor had won seven years earlier. This time, however, Poirier came out victorious. They fought a third time six months later in Las Vegas, with Poirier winning after McGregor broke his leg in an extremely gruesome fashion.