Croker misses out on title showdown

Las Vegas will trump Croke Park as the venue for “The Notorious” Conor McGregor’s Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title showdown against Jose Aldo. 

But the Crumlin fighter, who wowed Boston on Sunday night, insisted he will accept the opportunity no matter where it brings him after a dominant victory over Dennis Siver at the home of the Boston Celtics.

McGregor was in rare form both inside and outside the Octagon at the TD Garden, delighting the thousands of Irish and Irish-American Mixed Martial Arts fans in attendance with a post-fight brashness that matched the clinical nature of the victory which preceded it. His second round knockout safely in the bag, McGregor leapt over the fence of the cage and made a dramatic though cleverly staged advance towards the beaming champion of the division, Aldo, who had watched the fight from the second row.