Q 01/05

In which Dublin suburb was Conor McGregor raised?

A) Crumlin

B) Tallaght

C) Ballymun

D) Finglas

Answer · why

A) Crumlin

Crumlin is where he joined the local boxing club at 12; a family move to Lucan in his teens then put him beside a classmate who introduced him to mixe...

Q 02/05

McGregor's father Tony comes from which English city?

A) Manchester

B) Liverpool

C) Birmingham

D) Leeds

Answer · why

B) Liverpool

Liverpool was Tony McGregor's birthplace, to an Irish father and an English mother; he became a Dublin taxi driver and at first dismissed his son's dr...

Q 03/05

Which trade apprenticeship did McGregor start at his parents' urging?

A) Plastering

B) Carpentry

C) Plumbing

D) Bricklaying

Answer · why

C) Plumbing

Plumbing was the trade his parents steered him into after school, but he soon refused to go back to the building site, clashing with a father who doub...

Q 04/05

McGregor headlined UFC 205, the promotion's first card in which city after a state ban on professional MMA ended?

A) Boston

B) New York

C) Philadelphia

D) Chicago

Answer · why

B) New York

New York was the last state to lift its ban on professional MMA, in 2016, and the UFC booked Madison Square Garden for that November on the very day t...

Q 05/05

Who was McGregor's head coach at Dublin's Straight Blast Gym through both UFC title wins?

A) John Kavanagh

B) Owen Roddy

C) Firas Zahabi

D) Greg Jackson

Answer · why

A) John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh answered the newcomer's reckless sparring on day one by taking him down and controlling him on the mat, a lesson teammate Aisling Daly s...