On Saturday night, one of the biggest pay-per-views in UFC history went down in Las Vegas and featured one of the biggest stars in the UFC. That man is Conor McGregor.
McGregor, a showman with a penchant for pre-fight trash talk, in-cage antics and focused intensity, took on the biggest challenge of his career. That challenge came in the form of Chad Mendes.
Mendes, who filled in for UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, represented the one thing McGregor had not been tested by in the UFC: a wrestler.
Fans criticized the "tailor-made" matchups the UFC gave to McGregor by only having him take on strikers.