On December 12th of last year, Conor McGregor faced off against former featherweight and pound-for-pound king Jose Aldo.
After almost a year a build up to the fight, it only took The Notorious a whole thirteen seconds to knockout Aldo and capture his first title.
Now only four months after obtaining his first UFC championship, we are two and a half weeks away from rising star Conor McGregor challenging for his second.
He will be taking on the reigning and defending lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, who holds wins over Anthony Pettis, Donald Cerrone and Nate Diaz. If Conor wins, he will make history by being the first fighter to simultaneously hold two belts in the UFC.
Conor has even made claims that if he wins this fight that he would like to move up to challenge for his third belt, the welterweight title. Holly Holm will also be defending her belt that night against perennial contender Miesha Tate. Holm upset Ronda Rousey last November by knockout, making her the second UFC woman’s bantamweight champion in the history of the promotion.
This will be Miesha’s second chance challenging for UFC gold, having picked up a 3rd round submission loss in her first attempt to Rousey. Dana White has gone on record saying that Ronda Rousey will comeback to fight the winner of UFC 196’s bantamweight title fight.
Will someone finally shut up the big mouth of Conor McGregor? Who will be wearing the bantamweight belt when Ronda comes back to reclaim it? No matter who you are cheering for in the main or co-main event, this will surely be a night of fights for the history books.
Don’t forget to order UFC 196 on pay-per-view March 5th, 2016.
If you’ve been living under a rock, Conor McGregor is an Irish mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
He is the current UFC Featherweight Champion and the former Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Champion. As of December 14th, 2015, he is No. 3 in the official UFC pound-for-pound rankings. He is currently on a 15-fight win streak, 14 of which have not made it past the second round.
Rafael Souza dos Anjos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s lightweight division and the current UFC Lightweight Champion.
He is #4 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings. Dos Anjos trains out of both Kings MMA in Huntington Beach, California and Evolve MMA in Singapore. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Aldo “Caveirinha” Januário. Since 2009.
