Bellator MMA star Peter Queally acknowledges Conor McGregor’s impact on the sport, but insists it was ‘lucky’ that he had a string of Irish stars that could row in behind him.
McGregor burst onto the scene when he joined the UFC in 2013. Within three years, he was a two-weight World Champion and the biggest star the sport had ever seen.
On the back of McGregor’s success, the sport’s popularity in Ireland exploded. A decade on, the sport is still thriving in this country, and when Bellator returns to the 3 Arena at the end of this month, it will be the third sell-out event to take place in less than a year.
