Every Conor McGregor UFC Fight Ranked From Worst To Best
11. Marcus Brimage
Where: UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi
Conor McGregor's UFC debut in 2013 came against former Ultimate Fighter contestant Marcus Brimage, who was 3-0 in the company at the time.
McGregor used his first opportunity on the big stage to showcase all of the skills that helped him achieve his first dual-championship feat less than a year earlier.
Using a very prominent height advantage over Brimage, the Irishman threw plenty of long shots at the American, who to his credit, did his best to throw them back in an entertaining, yet fairly short, bout that ended in the Knockout of the Night just 67 seconds after it started.
McGregor's most powerful asset was his uppercut, landing at least four of them in a short amount of time, the last of those leading to the TKO finish as Brimage failed to catch his Irish opponents swooping left hand coming up through the guard.
Brimage came out of the gates swinging, throwing plenty of strikes early, but it was McGregor who showed patience and timing, doing his best to duck and deflect before picking his moment to lean in and throw that powerful left that would garner him much more success in the future.