He started the year as the featherweight champion. He failed against Nate Diaz in March but came back to beat the welterweight in August and then made history in November. Now he's got a baby on the way and is determined to get shares in the biggest MMA organisation on the planet.
Quite a year for Conor McGregor. And that's just inside the octagon. We'd be here all Christmas if we were to talk about some of his quotes from outside it.
Thankfully, UFC themselves have put together a nice little compilation of the best trash talk of 2016. It features destiny, T-Rex arms and Jose Waldo.
Oh, and plenty of the Irishman. Coffee breaks, chickens, counting to five and plenty more.
And it finishes with McGregor's apology following the Alvarez fight.
Well, we say apology, you all know how it goes!
UFC Trash Talk
2016 was one of the best year's of Trash Talk we've ever seen! HERE are our favorite moments ? ? ? pic.twitter.com/4m52NNsJi5
— UFC (@ufc) December 22, 2016
With the Dubliner taking a break in the first half of 2017 from fighting, someone else will have to step up to try and fill the void on the microphone.
Either that, or McGregor will squeeze more trash talk into his return!
