4 Times UFC went WWE

3. UFC 229 gets out of control

Conor McGregor and his entourage pushed UFC 229 and its build well past traditional MMA.

Conor McGregor is a lightning rod for attention and has, with good reason, drawn comparisons to WWE performers over the years for his outspoken demeanor. The fact that he is one of the best fighters of his generation, of course, only pushes his celebrity further.

Things went next level in advance of UFC 229, though, and his collision with Khabib Nurmagomedov. The WWE-like antics started in the build—not only in the war of words that had become somewhat characteristic for McGregor but in McGregor and his entourage interrupting a press conference and later attacking a bus of other fighters.

Khabib vs McGregor was one for the ages, in which Nurmagomedov got a measure of revenge by picking up the victory. A brawl followed, however, that transcended sport as the two UFC fighters’ respective camps got into it with one another in a scene that seemed stripped straight from the world of WWE.