Conor McGregor might have been a professional footballer had things not worked out in UFC. McGregor has earned untold amounts of money from his MMA career, but in the early days he faced a dilemma over whether to swap the football pitch for the octagon.Before he became a full-time fighter, McGregor was a regular starter for Slieveamon United and Yellowstone Celtic in the United Churches League and Leinster Football League respectively.
With a reported net worth of over $200million, it’s difficult to argue the Irishman made the correct decision to ditch the amateur football, but just how good was the self-professed ‘goal machine’?To the surprise of no-one, McGregor clearly fancied himself oh the football pitch.
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