Conor McGregor is something special. We all know this. One of the things that differentiate Conor from other greats is that he is the total package. He can fight, he can talk trash, he works hard, he can be humble, and he says the right things at the right times.

He is also a good, hard-working man. He hasn’t been in trouble like Jon Jones or even Anderson Silva, he has a rags-to-riches story, and he even took time away from his job to support his long-time partner as she was carrying their child…not many more honorable things one can do.

Here in the United States, there have been athletes that have captured the nation’s heart. Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Steve Prefontaine, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson are a few I can name without even taking a breath but has the United States, as a country, really ever truly backed a single athlete? It is hard to say definitively but I would go with no.

One thing that differentiates Conor McGregor from all of the aforementioned is that he has an ENTIRE country behind him.

The two division UFC world champion may not have put Ireland on the map but he sure brought it into the spotlight.

Conor McGregor is literally the face of Ireland. Much like long time endorsement deals with celebrities who have become known as the face of a brand; McGregor has done that for an entire nation…and that nation has reciprocated with unrelenting support.

Ireland is not exactly known for its wealth yet despite that, the Irish fly all over the world spending enormous amounts of money to support their hero. McGregor is revered and cherished everywhere he goes and one fan has even written a song about him which will no doubt become the unofficial national anthem.

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Jacob C. Stevens is a lifelong athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here…