15 rare pictures of Conor McGregor you need to see

#14 Two-weight world champion much before UFC 205

McGregor with the CWFC Featherweight and Lightweight titles in 2012

Very few people live up to the boasts they make. Most buckle under the pressure and there are countless others who won't even dare to utter their ambitions with others listening. Conor McGregor is not one of them.

Even when he was just a pimply faced upstart paying his dues in mom-and-pop MMA outfits in the UK, McGregor didn't shy away from stating what he wanted. And long before he set foot on American soil, the Irishman showed everyone a sign of things to come when he became the Featherweight and Lightweight champion of the Cage Warriors Fighting Championships.