10 Things You Didn't Know About Conor McGregor

10. He Worked As A Plumber Starting Out

Everyone has to start somewhere, right? And many, many fighters have a day job.

Rich Franklin, former UFC middleweight champion, was once a math teacher prior to jumping into the MMA world. Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson, considered the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world by many, drove a forklift throughout most of his fighting career, right up until 2012.

Conor McGregor? Well, he's the guy you'd call if you needed to fix a leaky faucet in Dublin. In his late teens, with MMA anything but a sure bet, McGregor signed on as a plumber's apprentice, and worked the job for a year.

Per RT, McGregor said of his trade days:

"I did a year in that and it just wasn’t for me, you know. It’s either all or nothing in this game. If you’re not training twice a day, if you’re not dedicated, you’re not going anywhere."

Being forced to choose between training full time and still keeping his day job, McGregor dove headlong into the fight game. So if you have a sink that he once fixed, consider putting it up on Ebay.