40 seconds, Conor McGregor's carnicera on his explosive return

The Irish fighter returned through the big door to the Mixed Martial Arts with a knockout victory almost in record, in just 40 seconds

40 seconds: this is the time it took Conor McGregor defeat Donald Cerrone and recover all its splendor, 15 months after his resounding defeat against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Irish fighter returned through the big door to Mixed Martial Arts with a win by knockout almost record, in just 40 seconds.

When he had barely taken possession of his seats the fans who filled the stands of the Las Vegas T-Mobile ArenaMcGregor placed a kick with the left leg in Cerrone's chin in the first seconds of the stellar fight.

This time, there was no general fight in and around the octagon after the Irish words against the American, but there was great respect from the winner and a joy that has symbolized all the rage set by McGregor for his success after many gave him as a finished legend.

“I feel very good. I worked hard to get back from where I was“McGregor said after this 22 victory in 26 fights, the first in the welterweight for the UFC champion.

“I record my name once more in history, for the Irish and for my mother”, has affirmed in a burst of euphoria after the fight.

Very aggressive from the beginning (I knew that the fight had to be short and decided to stand up to turn in his favor against an experienced fighter, very dangerous for his control on the ground), he benefited from a small impulse, or rather knee (right) on a support and lightly shook his opponent in the temple.

“I already anticipated that he came to the fight better prepared than ever, focused and with a speed that nobody could touch me and that has been what happened in the cage, “McGregor said at the end of the fight and left his mark at 22-4-0.

Closed, 36 years oldHe had the opportunity to get rid of the stigma that has pursued him during his career of never having been able to beat him, but again in an ideal scenario like Las Vegas he did not have the opportunity to offer resistance to McGregor.

“I destroy myself completely”

Model of power and precision, he placed with an impressive kick his left knee on his chin, another three blows on the shoulder that made Cerrone back off, then fall with a high kick, two left hooks and a burst of several blows, forcing the referee to end the carnicera.

“He destroyed me completely,” said the American, very marked in the face, who fought in his fight number 50 (36 wins, 14 losses). Just before, McGregor rushed to the ground to comfort and kiss his adversary on the forehead to whom he had said “respect greatly” before the fight.

In order to recover his public, McGregor went from being the bad boy who has given him such a bad reputation, and was calm and humble. Because the last three years have been years of successive failures and escapes, between the defeat in English boxing against the untouchable Floyd mayweather and suffering in the octagon against Nurmagomedov, whose wife he had insulted and mocked for his Muslim faith.

He has also had to face American Justice accused of two assaults and is still under investigation for another alleged sexual assault in Ireland.

McGregor, who had promised to remain active in 2020, fighting up to three times or more, already met the first and did so with registration.

Nothing is known about his next opponent, but before Cerrone he left no doubt that everything he had said about his seriousness when preparing for the fight since he showed it inside the cage, where I became more “The Notorious” than ever.