Conor McGregor had a tremendous 2016. He fought three times and broke PPV records. He walked away from last year having won two belts, and with millions of dollars to spend. Conor wasn’t the only one having a big year, though. The UFC, in general, had its biggest year (at least news-wise), also. Change was the theme of 2016, all the way down to the sale of the promotion. As a result of the sale, we saw several well-known faces leave the WME-IMG property. Among those, one Mike Goldberg, play-by-play commentator.
In a recent interview with Bloody Elbow’s Three Amigos Podcast, multi-time boxing champion and current analyst for Showtime and Sky Sports, Paulie Malignaggi weighed in on Goldberg’s possible replacement (Jim Rome), how Conor McGregor would do in boxing, how important “ignorant” fans are and the MMA fight he found most memorable last year.