‘Conor McGregor Day’… UFC’s Infamous star celebrates most well-known KO by inventing vacation in his honor

9 years to the day, Conor McGregor shockingly knocked out Jose Aldo inside the first 12 seconds of their featherweight title bout, catapulting himself into superstardom.

After Jose Aldo pulled out of their scheduled foremost occasion for UFC 189, Conor McGregor was adamant he was remaining on the cardboard and as an alternative took on Chad Mendes for the interim featherweight title.

The Irishman completed Mendes within the second spherical establishing an enormous title unification combat in opposition to the consensus biggest featherweight of all time, Aldo.

Conor McGregor celebrates well-known KO by inventing vacation in his honour

On December 12, after a particularly entertaining build-up, McGregor and Aldo confronted off within the Octagon at UFC 194 from MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas.

After predicting the combat to the precise second, McGregor landed what has gone down as probably the most well-known KO within the sport’s historical past, sinking Aldo inside the first 12 seconds of the combat, with it now being 9 years to the day since.

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Reacting to his history-making second, McGregor took to social media this Thursday, saying: “Completely happy Conor McGregor Day of us! The Twelfth of the Twelfth, 12/12, the day I unified UFC gold for my Eire in record-breaking vogue. 12 second KO! Slainte (cheers).”

Issues then seemingly went downhill for McGregor within the Octagon as he was handed his first loss underneath the UFC banner simply three months later when he took on Nate Diaz in a late-notice welterweight bout after his light-weight title combat in opposition to Rafael dos Anjos was canceled.

Simply 5 months later, he rectified the loss to Diaz in a traditional rematch, selecting up the bulk determination which arrange for his light-weight title combat in opposition to Eddie Alvarez.

In fact, ‘The Infamous’ went on to develop into the primary simultaneous double champion in UFC historical past by knocking out Alvarez in spherical two, cementing himself as the largest star in fight sports activities.

Conor McGregor shares photographs of him again in coaching

Regardless of his UFC return having been scheduled for June earlier this 12 months, the 36-year-old hasn’t fought since breaking his leg in opposition to Dustin Poirier again in 2021.

Nonetheless, the Irishman has teased on-line that he’s again in coaching, probably gearing up for a return to the Octagon in 2025, as he has just lately continued his feud with Michael Chandler.

One combat followers hope to see if ‘The Infamous’ does return, is a trilogy bout between him and Diaz. The Stockton brawler left the UFC again in 2022 after beating Tony Ferguson, and has since teased of a return himself.

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