Netflix’s ‘McGregor Forever’: Conor McGregor teaches a chapter of ‘resilience’ from the book of champions
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Netflix’s ‘McGregor Forever’ is a curtain raiser on the life of notorious Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Conor McGregor. The cameras follow him intensively when he’s immersed with his family while all the action-packed fights come alive through different archival footage that puts his antics on display. "I've never seen anyone work harder. He's like a mad scientist, constantly trying to fine-tune things," said Gotham Chopra, the director of the docuseries, who is a fan of McGregor’s commitment just like everyone else. The sheer audacity to improve is what inspired Chopra to make the series about the champion.
Throughout the four episodes in the docuseries, we learn of McGregor’s venomous rivalry with Khabib Nurmagomedov, Floyd Mayweather, and Dustin Poirier. The feuds turned into embarrassing losses that hampered the immaculate career of McGregor. The confrontation with Khabib went beyond the ring when McGregor attacked the Russian's bus. The match with Floyd was highly hyped, but it was the match with Poirier that made things far worse. It is at that moment that McGregor’s true power of ‘resilience’ came into play.
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The Irishman uses his words as skillfully as his hands. "I know I'm a made man, but I'm a competitor through and through. I think I've barely unlocked my potential," said McGregor. He is aware that even after winning the dual UFC Championship, there are still more mountains to conquer. He knows he can’t take a step back and relax but decides to grind hard and fight Khabib. Injuries continue to plague him but he never uses them as an excuse.
Instead, when he loses the fight, we see him in the locker room alone, even when he’s surrounded by people, feeling the need to go again after looking at his mistakes. "I lost where it mattered," said McGregor. He’s aware of his mistakes and makes no further excuses but sounds hopeful to correct them soon. Even with Poirier, he loses due to a harrowing leg injury but in the hospital he says, “couple of weeks it'll be alright,” signaling his willingness to enter the ring at the earliest.
Where does McGregor get his ‘resilience’ from?
Before he was a fighter, before he was famous, McGregor was a mere plumber in Crumlin, a tough and rugged part of Ireland. He’s seen life as a mere nobody, fighting every day in the dumps to move ahead. “I’ve been fighting my entire life. It’s what I was put here to do,” says McGregor, who is planning his return to the ring and fight Michael Chandler. It’s clear that McGregor’s career graph is on the down low but his ability to persist means that he will fight until every bone in his body says otherwise.