In the last few years fans have been mesmerized with Conor McGregor’s pinpoint accuracy and power as he’s quickly dispatched opponent after opponent, so let’s take a look at five of the fastest victories in Conor Mcgregor’s MMA career to date.
5) KO: The Fight Before Christmas, December 12th 2008
Coming off the first loss of his career to Artemij Sitenkov via kneebar, Conor gave himself an early Christmas present when he bounced back with a victory over Stephen Bailey.
After peppering Bailey on the feet, Conor showed off some of him grappling skills, taking mount and back control and notching himself a TKO victory at 1:22 of round one.
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4) UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi, April 6th 2013
After winning both the featherweight and lightweight titles in the Cage Rage organization, Conor McGregor made his UFC debut against then 6-1 Marcus Brimage in Stockholm, Sweden.
Wasting no time both McGregor and Brimage fought right in the pocket, with the Irishman getting the better of the exchanges. Conor then sealed the deal with a volley of uppercuts followed by ground and pound giving him the win at 1:07 of round one and a successful UFC debut.
3) Cage Contender 8, March 12th 2011
At Cage Contender 8 in Dublin, Ireland, then 6-2 Conor McGregor needed only 16 seconds to put away Mike Wood after stuffing takedown attempts and following up with some vicious ground and pound.
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2) UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor, December 12th 2016
After claiming the interim featherweight belt at UFC 189 after Jose Aldo got injured, Conor McGregor finally got his chance to unify the belts at UFC 194.
Heading into this fight Jose Aldo had only one loss which occurred back in 2005 and had authored ten successful title defenses between the WEC and UFC.
McGregor made short work of the once dominant champion needing only 13 seconds to knock Aldo out cold and unify the belts.
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1) Immortal Fighting Championship 4, April 16th 2011
In his 9th professional MMA bout, Conor authored the fastest victory of his to date.
Taking on Paddy Doherty at Immortal Fighting Championship 4, Conor avoided a right straight and left hook combo and landed a clean McGregor left hook, following up with a few more punches to get the victory at 00:04 of the first round.
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Conor would later repeat an eerily similar sequence against featherweight legend Jose Aldo five years later, although nine seconds slower.
