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Conor McGregor has claimed that he has only lost one fight in his professional career, insisting that he 'only counts knockouts' despite being submitted on four separate occasions.
McGregor, 32, returns to action tonight as he bids to avenge his Fight Island defeat to Dustin Poirier, also 32, at UFC 264 in Las Vegas with the stakes high for the popular Irishman.
Poirier handed McGregor his only ever knockout defeat six months ago with a sensational performance at UFC 257, with the Notorious now in last chance saloon as he bids to regain his lightweight title.
Conor McGregor claims he has lost just one fight in his career, despite holding a record of 22-5
McGregor has won three of his last six UFC fights, having suffered defeats via submission to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Nate Diaz before his knockout loss to Poirier. He was also submitted by Joseph Duffy and Artemij Sitenkov at the start of his career.
Yet McGregor has sensationally maintained that his defeat to Poirier was the only time he has been truly beaten, claiming that submission defeats do not count.
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