{"id":339000,"date":"2020-01-23T07:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339000"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:28:54","slug":"manager-hails-conor-mcgregor-as-the-biggest-thing-in-combat-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-hails-conor-mcgregor-as-the-biggest-thing-in-combat-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager hails Conor McGregor as &#8216;the biggest thing in combat sports&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audie Attar, the manager behind former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor, believes his star client is &#8220;the biggest thing in combat sports.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attar made this comment in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/1\/23\/21078244\/manager-conor-mcgregor-is-the-biggest-thing-in-combat-sports-period\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConor McGregor is the biggest thing in combat sports,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor returned to action last weekend, knocking out Donald Cerrone in just 40 seconds. It was his first victory since November of 2016. It also helped distract from some of the Irishman&#8217;s troubles outside of the cage.<\/p>\n<p>By Attar&#8217;s estimation, however, McGregor is as popular as ever, even in spite of his winless stretch and his legal troubles.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Attar says the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Conor\u2019s star power] is just as strong as it is today, and it will continue to grow as he continues to accomplish the things he\u2019s set out to do professionally and athletically,\u201d he said of McGregor. \u201cI\u2019m excited about it. I think we\u2019ve done so much from a professional stand point up to this day. He\u2019s done so much athletically up to this point but the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re getting back into the excitement of this story and this journey. I\u2019m just super proud of him and his journey. The best is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attar points to the crowds that show up for McGregor&#8217;s press conferences, weigh-ins, and of course, fights as proof of just how popular he is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the thing about Conor, he\u2019s a polarizing figure,\u201d Attar said. \u201cThere\u2019s people that love him and there\u2019s people that don\u2019t like him. At the end of the day, I think you always have the latter trying to discredit him in anyway. The numbers don\u2019t lie. The energy doesn\u2019t lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you\u2019re either there witnessing the droves of fans packing in and selling out a weigh-in or the energy come fight night or the reports you\u2019re now reading about the success of the event and the pay-per-view, that shows you Conor McGregor\u2019s star power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Conor McGregor is the biggest star in combat sports? If not, who is?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/23\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audie Attar, the manager behind former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor, believes his star client is &#8220;the biggest thing in combat sports.&#8221; Attar made this comment in a recent interview with MMA Fighting. \u201cConor McGregor is the biggest thing in combat sports,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Period.\u201d McGregor returned to action last weekend, knocking out Donald Cerrone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":326971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO 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