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It is no secret that the late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien has a bit of bad reputation in the MMA community. All the fighters who appeared on the show had to face defeat in their subsequent fights.
This supernatural pattern became widespread in the MMA circle and soon most of the UFC Roster distanced themselves from appearing on the Conan O'Brien before their career-defining fights.
Recently, UFC Light- heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier(DC) appeared on the late-night show with Conan, DC is about to fight UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in UFC 226 next month.
DC was well aware of the Jinx associated with the talkshow's hot seat and states that he will break that jinx forever by beating Stipe and becoming the two weight champion of UFC. This list analyses five other UFC superstars who were the victims of Conan's hot seat Jinx and their circumstances leading up to their appearance on his talk show.
#5 Meisha Tate Vs Amanda Nunes.
Meisha Tate is a retired UFC contender and is the former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Tate defeated Holly Holm via a technical submission due to a rear-naked choke in the fifth round to become the new UFC Bantamweight Champion at UFC 196.
The win also earned Tate her first Performance of the Night bonus award. Following Tate's victory over Holm, UFC president Dana White revealed that Tate would fight Amanda Nunes in her first title defense at UFC 200.
In the lead up to the fight with Nunes, Tate had appeared on the late night talk show with Conan O'Brien. She called out the former champ Ronda Rousey on the show. Ronda had defeated her previously when they faced each other in Strikeforce.
After the show, Tate faced a major setback in her first title defense as her opponent finished her with a rear-naked choke three minutes into the first round. Amanda Nunes become the new Women's Bantamweight champion after this victor.
#4 Ronda Rousey vs Amanda Nunes.
Rona Rousey is a UFC Hall Of Fame MMA fighter, Professional wrestler, actress, and an Olympic medalist judoka. She is currently signed to WWE Raw, after retiring from her successful MMA career.
Rousey had become the first female fighter to sign with the UFC in November 2012. She is the first female bantamweight champion of the UFC and has one of the longest reigning title defenses in UFC history.
In her seventh title defense, Rousey got knocked out by Holly Holm with a high kick to the neck, ending Rousey's three-year reign as champion. It was also her first loss. Devastated by her first loss, she stayed away from the limelight for long.
After staying away from the sport for more than a year Rousey appeared on the late night talk show with Conan O'Brien. She spoke about her time away from the sorts and how it helped her to be a better person and also thanked her fans for supporting her during her difficult time.
She later returned to face the current champion Amanda Nunes in the main event at UFC 207 and lost the fight via TKO due to punches at just 48 seconds into the first round, which marked the end of her MMA career.
#3 Conor McGregor Vs Nate Diaz.
It was a time when the Irish Mixed Arts sensation Conor McGregor had just became a global phenomenon after beating the longtime UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in a 13 knock out. He clearly didn't have any competition in his division after beating Aldo.
So he jumped division and challenged the then lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos. But Dos Anjos could not make it to the fight due to an injury and Nate Diaz called him out instead. The featherweight champ was swift to accept Diaz's offer to fight him.
In the lead up to the historic fight with Nate Diaz, McGregor had appeared on the Conan show. He demonstrated his Capoeira moves before his fellow Irishman Conan and spoke of his future plans including competing in higher weight divisions.
Unfortunately, McGregor failed to knock out the granite chined Nate in the second round as he promised and found it really difficult to keep up with Nates Cardio. He tapped to a submission by Nate in the second round, forcing the referee to stop the bout. This bout was the first time McGregor faced defeat in the UFC
#2 Nate Diaz Vs Conor McGregor.
The Irishman Conor McGregor losing his first UFC fight was a major disbelief for himself and his millions of fans. He now had an obligation to prove to fans that he can beat the Stockton superstar Nate Diaz in a rematch.
A Conor Mcgregor Vs Nate Diaz rematch was scheduled at UFC 202. Diaz had earlier defeated Conor and Conor was more favored to win this time since he had a full training camp.
Diaz appeared on the Conan show before he faced Conor just like how Conor was on the show before he beat Diaz. He spoke of his beef with young pop star Justin Bieber. He later responded to the video send by Mcgregor himself concerning Nate's appearance in Conan show.
This time McGregor won the bout defeating Diaz via a majority decision. This is when the MMA world started to notice this unique Jinx concerning Conan O'Brien and UFC fights and started to become wary of this unusual manifestation.
#1 Michael Bisping Vs Georges St-Pierre.
This was one of the biggest events in UFC between Middleweight Championship Michael Bisping and former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The return of the former UFC legend St-Pierre bought in a lot of eyeballs into the fight and the middleweight champion Bisping became been involved with a lot of media obligations including the Conan Show.
Bisping spoke of the difference between the American and the British fans and how the American crowd booing him didn't really matter to him. He stated that his opponent St- Pierre was a good man and he does not disparage his challenge.
The odds were clearly in favor of the champion Bisping. St Pierre had a four-year layoff and was visibly slower than his old self. But, beating all odds, Georges St-Pierre defeated Michael Bisping via a Technical Submission in the 3rd round.
This once again confirmed the legitimacy of the talk show Jinx. Now it's all up to Daniel Cormier to bring back some sense to this weird situation and put an end to it by becoming the heavyweight champion in UFC 226.
