{"id":20679,"date":"2023-03-19T05:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T05:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/19\/conor-mcgregor-bestows-huge-accolades-on-ufc-286-main-card-winner\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T05:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T05:13:04","slug":"conor-mcgregor-bestows-huge-accolades-on-ufc-286-main-card-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/19\/conor-mcgregor-bestows-huge-accolades-on-ufc-286-main-card-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor bestows huge accolades on UFC 286 main card winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3892926\" data-slug-id=\"1438284\">\n<p>Irish superstar Conor McGregor showered compliments on his teammate Gunnar Nelson for the latter&#8217;s performance at UFC 286.<\/p>\n<p>An MMA fan uploaded a picture of Conor McGregor with Nelson on Twitter. McGregor responded to the post by congratulating &#8216;Gunni&#8217; and hailing him as one of the greatest fighters that he had the privilege of knowing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Congrats Gunnar Nelson! One of the greatest fighters I\u2019ve ever known personally. What a fighter is the Icelander!&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After being out of action for a year, Gunnar Nelson returned to action at UFC 286 and took on Bryan Barberena in a welterweight scrap. &#8216;Gunni&#8217; made light work of his opponent and finished him with an armbar in the opening round of the fight. With the victory, Nelson extended his winning streak to 2-0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/gunnar-nelson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Gunnar Nelson <\/a>has been a part of the UFC for quite some time .The 34-year-old made his promotional debut back in September 2012. Nelson has competed in 15 UFC fights and has been victorious in 10 of those encounters.<\/p>\n<p>During his stint in the UFC, Nelson has shared the octagon with several prominent fighters like Leon Edwards, Gilbert Burns, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Alan Jouban and Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Conor McGregor is expected to be back in action this year<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Conor McGregor<\/a> recently took up the coaching job for the UFC show &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter&#8217; against Michael Chandler. The two athletes will meet up later this year for a showdown inside the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Many in the MMA community believe that a possible win over Chandler might earn McGregor a shot at UFC gold. UFC lightweight Dan Hooker recently weighed in on the matchup and spoke about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/conor-mcgregor-line-title-shot-win-michael-chandler-claims-dan-hooker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">possibility of McGregor getting a title shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s the best fight for Conor. That&#8217;s the biggest name that puts him one fight off a title shot. I feel like the next best fight in lightweight is probably me for Conor, but it&#8217;s far more dangerous than Chandler. I feel like beating me still doesn&#8217;t put you in line for a title shot. 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