Conor McGregor shows off impressive weight gain and physical transformation

In his earlier UFC days, Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor fought at 145lbs, and just looking at the pictures, you could tell he had been through a tough weight cut. This isn’t just speculation either, looking back his longtime coach John Kavanagh even admitted to it being ‘extreme’ which says it all.

Since then, McGregor has fought at higher weight classes and obviously, his natural walk-around weight is much higher. In the second picture – he weighs over 190lbs and is close to 90KG which shows a huge physical transformation. According to the ex-UFC champion, this was down to a strict diet and nutrition plan which saw him pack on muscle and size. Here, he ate lots of eggs, beef and had a high protein diet as well as lifting weights.

Having said this, it seems that McGregor usually performs better whilst fighting at a lower weight which may be his optimal size as far as strength and cardio are both concerned. If you want to see how McGregor’s rival Khabib Nurmogomedov changed weight classes then check out our article here.