Irish UFC champ Conor McGregor seeks a title fight sooner rather than later

UFC’s Irish star Conor McGregor is enjoying the spoils of his rise to fame but won’t be letting his focus waver as he seeks a title fight sooner rather later, writes Brendan O’Brien

IT’S only been three months since Conor McGregor left life on the dole queue behind by subjecting the American Marcus Brimage to a KO after just 67 seconds of his debut Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout in Sweden.

It was a performance good enough to earn the $60,000 prize on offer for ‘Knockout of the Night’ and McGregor’s meteoric rise in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) continued this month when UFC president Dana White feted and ferried him around Las Vegas in a Ferrari.