{"id":155276,"date":"2015-07-14T00:56:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T07:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=155276"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:40:02","slug":"irish-superstar-conor-mcgregor-dominates-headlines-following-ufc-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/irish-superstar-conor-mcgregor-dominates-headlines-following-ufc-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Superstar! Conor McGregor Dominates Headlines Following UFC 189"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155183\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189.png\" alt=\"Conor McGregor Chad Mendes UFC 189\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-Chad-Mendes-UFC-189-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor, now UFC interim featherweight champion, answered a lot of questions when he defeated Team Alpha Males&#8217; Chad Mendes in the second round of their UFC 189 scrap.<\/p>\n<p>After being taken down and beat up on the ground, McGregor got to his feet at the end of the second and dropped Mendes with a big left hand.<\/p>\n<p>It appears, from this tweet below, that McGregor dominated the Irish headlines on Monday, gracing the cover of several of the major newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Selection of Monday&#39;s front pages in one tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/34nwhKROO7\">pic.twitter.com\/34nwhKROO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philipbromwell\/status\/620476290521526272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just how far can McGregor take his superstardom?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Kings Of Volume &#8212; Punches In Bunches With Nate Diaz And Richard Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4330404785001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor, now UFC interim featherweight champion, answered a lot of questions when he defeated Team Alpha Males&#8217; Chad Mendes in the second round of their UFC 189 scrap. 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