Conor McGregor beats Denis Siver

(Click PLAY above to hear the reaction of The42.ie's MMA journalist Paul Dollery, speaking to us after McGregor's win this morning. The video of the fight in full is at the bottom of the page) Once again, Conor McGregor made it look easy. The Notorious dismantled Denis Siver on his way to a second round TKO win, this beautiful left hand dropping the Russian - https://vine.co/v/OjPPxX1EW0B which McGregor followed up by getting mount and finishing with ground and pound. https://vine.co/v/OjPPuuMeXU3 Afterwards, McGregor jumped the cage and got right in the face of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. https://vine.co/v/OjPQQO5wAQr https://vine.co/v/OjP260gUtqD The pair will now go head to head for the title, which has been pencilled in for Las Vegas in May. Croke Park isn't really an option, due to numerous "obstacles" according to UFC president Dana White. "They have a curfew at night where you can't get permits to stay out that late. You lose about 25-30% on pay per view for fights in another country. The amount of money need for production for Croke Park. I can guarantee you it's gonna rain. I'm not a metorologist but I can guarantee ya it's gonna rain. I'm not saying we're never gonna do it, but it's Vegas for this one". We'll have to start saving up our pocket money for a trip to Sin City... https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/557081866571112448 https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/557090552634544128 Full Fight Video (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Post by UFC Full Fight.
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