Over six years ago, a 24-year-old Conor McGregor\u2019s roadmap to an MMA takeover dwelled intrinsically. The dogged chase to be the best fighter in the world was truly about the journey of self-actualization.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot even martial arts. Life, it\u2019s always you versus you,\u201d McGregor told Fighters Only<\/a> back in April 2013. \u201cIf you\u2019re competing against other people, you\u2019re going to become bitter. Eventually, you\u2019ll become bitter. But if you\u2019re competing against yourself, you\u2019ll become better.\u201d<\/p>\n If only McGregor could go back in time and tell his younger self that journey doesn\u2019t end at the summit.<\/p>\n What can prepare a man with nothing for acquiring the world? As McGregor climbed the snow-covered peaks of the UFC ladder, he peered into the valleys below to see his former workplace as a plumber\u2019s apprentice, where he worked long hours and ran lunch errands for his superiors. It was that view that kept him grounded in reality when he started getting pulled in a million different directions.<\/p>\n But the further he climbed up the mountain, the more it started to shrink from existence. By the time he reached the apex of his journey, that dwindling view had disappeared entirely. A lonely and cold existence awaiting on the mountaintop was the only thing Mystic Mac couldn\u2019t see coming. His meteoric ascension as a two-division champion selling out arenas and breaking UFC pay-per-view records snowballed into a reality show with real lives and real consequences.<\/p>\n In April 2018, a warrant was sent out for his arrest after he was caught on film throwing a metal dolly through the window of a UFC bus in an attempt to confront lightweight star Khabib Nurmagomedov. The incident sent a couple fighters to the hospital with injuries from the shattered glass. Nearly a year later, he was arrested for strong-armed robbery after stealing and smashing a man\u2019s phone in Florida. Then he was charged with assault in Dublin after sucker-punching a middle-aged man in a pub.<\/p>\n McGregor was caught up in a maelstrom of self-destructive behavior that desecrated the original roadmap. Never mind \u201cwho the fook\u201d Jeremy Stephens was.<\/p>\n Who was Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n At a UFC 229 press conference Thursday, Conor McGregor said he would stomp on opponent Khabib Nurmagomedov's head 'as he's unconcious' when asked what he would do at their October 6 fight.<\/p>\n Warning: Video contains offensive language.<\/p>\n Read more: https:\/\/t.co\/La7JBzU6Iu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/30kpibmMHD<\/a><\/p>\n — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) September 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n