{"id":179462,"date":"2015-12-14T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=179462"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:23:54","slug":"mystic-mac-called-it-all-way-back-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mystic-mac-called-it-all-way-back-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mystic Mac&#8217; called it all the way back in 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Deankellyphoto\/videos\/10153692501925115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video at the link <strong>here<\/strong><\/a> (video was not shareable from Facebook) from Dean Kelly who did an interview with Conor McGregor back in 2008. McGregor saw his destiny in the UFC way back then, and it is simply unbelievable to see his own predicted progression in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly captioned his video:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;#ConorMcgregor #ufc #tomegan #unseenfootage &#8211; in 2008 I filmed a interview with Conor McGregor, in a back bedroom in a house in Newbridge Co. Kildare. In this interview we spoke very highly of his good friend Tom Egan. Bit&#8217;s of this footage has been on tv. But the most of it hasn&#8217;t. I&#8217;ve sat on these camera tapes for some time now, the following footage in my eyes is priceless. Please share if you like it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One thing Conor McGregor has predicted and has yet to do is become the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/conor-mcgregor-predicting-a-historic-future-ill-be-a-two-weight-world-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first two-weight UFC world champion<\/a>. He has plans to go up to lightweight and win that title and also retain and defend the featherweight title. Will we see that next for &#8220;The Notorious?&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to object at what he says will happen at this point!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this video at the link here (video was not shareable from Facebook) from Dean Kelly who did an interview with Conor McGregor back in 2008. McGregor saw his destiny in the UFC way back then, and it is simply unbelievable to see his own predicted progression in the sport. 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