We may have today heard the news that McGregor will not be fighting Dos Anjos at #UFC196, but at least there was some good news for the Irishman this week.
McGregor became the third UFC fighter to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine and you can see the cover picture below;
This week’s cover: Conor McGregor puts the fight in Fighting Irish. https://t.co/ySaQIqpH0y pic.twitter.com/gFvnNXOsmK
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 23, 2016
McGregor follows Roger Huerta who was on the cover in 2007 and Ronda Rousey who was on the cover last year.