{"id":177419,"date":"2015-11-27T13:51:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=177419"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:27:42","slug":"on-this-day-conor-mcgregor-begins-climb-to-stardom-after-loss-to-joseph-duffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/on-this-day-conor-mcgregor-begins-climb-to-stardom-after-loss-to-joseph-duffy\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Conor McGregor begins climb to stardom after loss to Joseph Duffy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC interim featherweight champion has come a long way in just five years. On this day back in 2010, &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; fell at the hands of fellow Irishman Joseph Duffy at CWFC 39 (<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-ufcs-joe-duffy-and-the-time-he-beat-conor-mcgregor-quick-full-replay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Since then, McGregor has gone on to win every bout he has entered. Most notably, McGregor won the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-fighters-react-to-mcgregors-tko-win-over-mendes1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interim featherweight championship belt<\/a> at UFC 189 against Chad Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>This coincidentally comes a day after the anniversary of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/on-this-day-jose-aldo-begins-his-climb-to-pound-for-pound-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jose Aldo&#8217;s last loss<\/a>, taking it back another 5 years prior to McGregor&#8217;s loss in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The two featherweight stars are set to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-ufc-194-preview-jose-aldo-vs-conor-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unify the belts at UFC 194<\/a> on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Who are you putting your money on in the featherweight title bout?<\/p>\n<p>Claim who you see winning in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC interim featherweight champion has come a long way in just five years. 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Most notably, McGregor won the interim featherweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":154791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On This Day: Conor McGregor begins climb to stardom after loss to Joseph Duffy | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/on-this-day-conor-mcgregor-begins-climb-to-stardom-after-loss-to-joseph-duffy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On This Day: Conor McGregor begins climb to stardom after loss to Joseph Duffy | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC interim featherweight champion has come a long way in just five years. 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