Received my black belt in Brazilian JiuJitsu this afternoon from my coach Sebastiao Torres. This is the single greatest achievement I’ve ever gotten and one I’ll be proud of for the rest of my life. Ended brown belt ranked 7th in the world in my division, bigger challenges ahead.
Apart from YAY! What I like most about this picture is that Becky is showing the perfect skin representation of an Irish person after summer. Tanned arms but whiter legs.
If any candidate running for election in Ireland could convince Smiths to release proper size bags of these they would be elected on the highest ever first count in history.
I really believe this is the best version of Conor that has been seen in the UFC. He's ready to go, this was one of the most intense interviews I've ever done. it's time to get excited people. This is not a drill. 5 DAYS.
‘Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey’ launched today by Conor McGregor. His own Whiskey brand, the Twelve comes from Crumlin being located in Dublin 12 Don't sleep on the detail in the image, big big gesture towards first responders.
Fair play to Jorge Masvidal. Edwards didn't think he would do anything back, that's why he made the comment when Masvidal was doing an interview. That's high level shit from Masvidal, don't punish him for standing up for himself.
After 4 matches got a Silver Medal at IBJJF European Championships. Won the first 2 matches by submission, beat the
#1
seed in the semi final and lost by advantages in the final to the same guy who beat me in November. Proud of my performances, but hard to lose another final.
@AFCAMDEN
I think he wasn't enough of a goalscorer / English to influence the debate but honestly think Cesc was better than Lampard / Gerrard / Scholes by some distance. The king of the Emirates.
Stuart Carmody who trains in Cork has just become the first Adult Male competitor from Ireland to win a Brazilian JiuJitsu World title at a coloured belt level (Blue 64kg). He's 18 years old and has spent the last 2 months living in Brazil to prepare. INSANE achievement.
Absolutely not a judge, and love a good body triangle / back control. If you have the back for 4 minutes, barely land a strike and don't attempt a submission. While you're eating shots from the guy who has his back taken for 4 minutes. You shouldn't win that round 10-9.
Actually, just lets give all health care workers an actual lump sum of cash straight into their bank accounts after the next budget. no questions asked, no complaints, just thank you for putting yourselves at risk at the time.
Brown Belt | Oct 27th 2019 |
Thank you to my coach Seb for getting to this level and daily training partners for doing the same as me, showing up to try get better. Can't wait to keep the head down and work towards competing asap at Brown Belt.
No matter what I was planning on going to the next McGregor fight. In whatever capacity, whenever it happened. I've been at 14 in a row and didn't want to break a streak, but it's ending. I'm going back to Portugal to compete on the same day in the European Championships for BJJ.
This man believes in all of the things that make Ireland great. As a young person listening to THE PRESIDENT speak about the promise of youth was the most motivating thing I've ever heard. I need to sleep, because tomorrow I start to take over the country.
An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas ar an bus?’ is sky rocketing up my list of favourite McGregor off the cuff responses ever.
What did you make of yesterdays press conference? That venue would have been amazing with fans in it. A real shame it wasn't open.
Gold Today at the IBJJF London Open. 2 matches and 2 quick subs. Have spent the last 10 years travelling to compete + training with team mates from Derry. We knew that one day at Brown belt it would click and we all win our divisions. Missed my flight but heading for the boat.
Keiran has been a huge help to me over the last year. Especially for the mental approach to the sport + nurturing of the 'dark place' you have to channel to help you win. Very lucky he trains with us + my coach so regularly. I think this would be a pretty great Podcast episode!
I will die for my love of a good GAA/Soccer Jersey in Las Vegas. Vegas is a mental place at the best of times, people from all around the world wearing normal clothes. Could be from anywhere. The Irish like to be easily identifiable incase shit goes down.
Close enough with the call there, the mans a choking machine. Very few people in the sport of IrishMMA deserve a moment like this more. Some people took the fast cash that dried up and others stuck to the plan. Joe McColgan the new Cage Warriors World Champion
Fixated by this Tyson Fury appearance on Rogan. I was around him last year at what I think was his worst period. Listening to how he bounced back and his mindset is absolutely essential listening.
Been thinking about this and wanted to wait a while to give it context.
1) 2013 - Conor McGregor asked to fight Al Iaquinta
2) 2014 - Conor McGregor asked to fight Diego Sanchez
"We've plans for that kid" was always used. Well that kids plans was to come in and rattle lads...
Very happy to have had JiuJitsu + the environment of a team recently for support/routine. It’s been a huge help since my mam passed away. I knew it was coming and I think that’s helped a lot with the last couple of weeks, back competing in the next few weeks + busy end to year.
I'm looking for this tweet to reach Irish people who have emigrated. If there's a particular Irish song that has helped homesickness, or something that makes them feel closer to home. For a show
@8RadioIreland
this St Patricks Day.
RT's appreciated. Stories are appreciated also!
Punish Edwards if anything, he's the instigator. Had his time to cool down after his fight, Masvidal is literally red hot from the fight. Masvidal doesn't deserve to be short-changed by the UFC after this if they book him vs
#10
in the rankings when he just took out
#3
.
JiuJitsu / Grappling is not a recognised Sport in Ireland. 4 self funded Irish Athletes have made the finals of the Black Belt Adult divisions. Regardless of the outcomes Ireland have more athletes competing in the finals than any other country in Europe at this years Europeans.
Took Silver in my division at the Irish Open last weekend, losing the final on points. Got roasted in the Absolute by the biggest man there. Happy with the composure here to keep going forward after many counters on the sequence I was looking for. NoGi Europeans next.
Conor McGregor looking to fight in Dublin literally makes the most sense in the world. The PPV market with ESPN+ leaves a huge question mark over will AS MANY people order his PPVs as they've done in the past. It's not a valuable for him to fight in the US market as it was.
@john_mcguirk
I do JiuJitsu during the week with about 10+ different garda or defence force members. Every single one of them pays privately from their wages to learn it because they know how embarrassing the training provided by the state is in regards for self defence.
Happy Boi today cos I got my last stripe on my purple belt. I can remember thinking so many times over the years that I'd never make it this far. Thanks to the genius pushing us all every day Seb Torres. Feeling sharp + ready for a few more competitions over next few months. Osss
I took Silver earlier on at the NoGi Europeans. M1, 67.5kg Brown Belt. I had 3 tough matches and unfortunately the gold slipped away in the last 10 seconds of the final. What can you do. Love being able to do this, and putting it all on the line in competition. Onto the next 1.
Id love to give Dana White the benefit of the doubt and assume he is an intelligent, well adjusted, good intentioned individual who won't fall for bullshi....
I'm 25 now and I feel really old when I think about when I first heard about James Gallagher (
@StrabanimalMMA
.) You'd have to think he's going to be a force at 135. A win this weekend will get James a Bellator World Title fight in Dublin later in 2018.
THIS is a really professional reaction from Aaron after
@CarolinePearce
/
@btsportufc
Sport Production team tried to hijack his content. Have heard a lot of bad things recently about BTs approach to try stop content around UFC, hopefully it's just been a few bad recent examples
2x Irish Open Black Belt Champion. 2 matches and 2 hard wins today. Very happy with my performances in both matches and got to show a bit of a different side to my game.
... otherwise when he's retired were going to realise how much more the UFC could have gotten out of an athlete like Conor. Fix the weight classes, get them healthier, fighting more often and for a fair percentage of what they bring in and deserve.