10 Things You Didn't Know About Conor McGregor
3. His Mystic Mac Nickname Is Well Earned
Conor McGregor is scary good at predicting the future. Just how good?
Well, here's a brief list of the shots called by McGregor that he got right:
- Knocking out Eddie Alvarez in the first round of their UFC 205 bout
- Predicting he would be a UFC champion before he ever signed with the promotion
- KO'ing Diego Brandao in the first round, one of his earliest UFC predictions
- Knocking out Dustin Poirier - McGregor even predicted he'd set it up by "cracking him with a jab" which he did
McGregor also predicted he'd have the biggest gate and PPV numbers in 2015. And that Jose Aldo would pull out of their fight, which Aldo did before the bout eventually went down at UFC 194.
Amazingly, the biggest prediction of all was his Chad Mendes prediction. He tried to bet Dana White that he would knock Mendes out in the second round. Specifically, he tried to bet Dana White three million dollars that he would knock Mendes out in the second round.
White refused the bet. Good thing, too. McGregor was right.