{"id":752122,"date":"2026-06-22T04:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752122\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T04:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:09:11","slug":"look-back-at-conor-mcgregor-annihilating-eddie-alvarez-to-become-champ-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752122\/","title":{"rendered":"Look back at Conor McGregor annihilating Eddie Alvarez to become champ-champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/tag\/conor-mcgregor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Conor McGregor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Conor McGregor&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Conor McGregor<\/a> held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/ufcnews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;UFC&quot;}\" class=\"link \">UFC<\/a> featherweight championship. He had just avenged his loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/tag\/nate-diaz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nate Diaz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nate Diaz&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nate Diaz<\/a> when the Irishman fought then-champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/tag\/eddie-alvarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eddie Alvarez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eddie Alvarez&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Eddie Alvarez<\/a> for the lightweight title in the UFC 205 main event.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor put on a clinic, finishing Alvarez in the second round. Look back at &#8220;Notorious&#8221; joining the multi-division UFC champion.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor returns to the octagon on July 11 after five years on the sidelines. He faces former featherweight champion and BMF titleholder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/tag\/max-holloway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Max Holloway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Max Holloway&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Max Holloway<\/a> in a rematch. The two. headline UFC 329 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In November 2016, Conor McGregor held the UFC featherweight championship. He had just avenged his loss to Nate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,4736,52586,178129,786,1395,785,22147,85,787],"class_list":["post-752122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-eddie-alvarez","tag-featherweight-champion","tag-fighting","tag-max-holloway","tag-mma","tag-nate-diaz","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}