MacKenna’s dislike of the cultish followers of McGregor is well known to anyone who follows him on twitter. John Kavanagh was a gawky teen who had never been in a fight in his life and who, like many adolescents, fought a constant battle with his own insecurities. By sharing the technology that has grown World of Books Group into the business it is today, we're helping charities increase revenue and reduce waste through re-commerce.

It would have been perfectly reasonable to dismiss him as delusional when he quit his first job and insisted, after meaningless victories on regional cards, that he was 'the fucking future'. But here’s the thing – in short articles, his keen observational style shines, especially when backed up with video or GIFs of the situations he’s describing. The pre-emptive strike has been controversial in the traditional martial arts world, but it is also the principle that Thompson places most emphasis on. From an unknown prospect in 2013 to the first man to hold two world titles simultaneously, McGregor's knockout-filled march through the featherweight and then lightweight rankings sent shockwaves through the world. Excluding the largely ceremonial red belt ranks, there are only five belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu: white, blue, purple, brown, and black.

Egan, moving on from kickboxing, began training in Newbridge with a Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt named Mick Aldridge. Slack also does well explaining technical moves and martial art types for newcomers to understand at a feasible level.

At the age of 12 McGregor started kickboxing as a hobby, but it was not until 2006, in the midst of a plumbing apprenticeship, when he met future UFC fighter Tom Egan , that his true passion for MMA began.Egan and McGregor would often head out to this shed and, in the words of McGregor, 'punch the head off' each other. To hear McGregor tell it, one lad threw a punch and the young Dubliner slipped it, shuffled his feet and exclaimed 'Muhammad Ali! Footage from the Irishman's locker room later showing him practicing the exact punch that rendered the Brazilian unconscious.

This is a biography of UFC fighter Conor McGregor, from when he first set foot in a gym up to the point when he became a two-weight champion, and just before the fight with Floyd got made. I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read, because he is like a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.In 2002, World of Books Group was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused. Much of the conversation between the two young scrappers was dominated by the subject of fighting, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and martial arts technique. Something I liked about this book was how Conor McGregor developed his skills during all his fights. Whereas John Kavanagh is soft-spoken and spent a good portion of his young life in martial arts, confronting his fears and insecurities, Conor McGregor was filled to the brim with boundless confidence and braggadocio. Fans will love to read about Conor’s journey so far, the technicalities of the sport, but more than anything, the sheer self-belief of an incredibly committed man’.

From his earliest days, McGregor had been fascinated by the notion of combat – in the ring, on the street, wherever it might conceivably take place. Sullivan of legend, the first heavyweight champion of the world and the child of Irish parents, Conor McGregor has always spun a great yarn.

As something of an encouraging bonus, when words escalated to blows Kavanagh found that a little grappling knowledge and practice on top of his traditional martial arts experience made things a lot easier for him than he had expected. The next great moment of inspiration for John Kavanagh was something that inspired so many other successful fighters and coaches in the game of mixed martial arts today. Hoping to get the group to move along, Kavanagh suggested that the downed man had probably 'had enough'. McGregor's success is nothing short of extraordinary, having lost only three fights in his career so far. With no access to the star of the book all we have is a few quotes from other people’s interviews and UFC press conferences.