From the get go you can feel that the whole entire MGM Grand and of course, the whole entire nation of Ireland is behind Conor McGregor as he walks down to the Octagon with goddamn Sinead O'Connor singing his entrance.
You can feel it, the nation, the crowd, the hype that this man brings to the table with his brass, his trash-talk, his intensity and he truly delivers and in this fight, he truly deserved that belt. I mean Mendes is a tough fighter and a perfect wrestler which he showed three times in this fight where he took down McGregor and gave him vicious elbow after elbow after elbow, however those elbows were the downfall of Mendes as well, he tired himself on round two when he took down McGregor for the third time and he tried to take down Conor for the fourth time, he didn't have the strength anymore and that was when Conor McGregor took advantage of it. With a thunderous left hook landed on Mendes, you can see Mendes was winged and then McGregor kicked Mendes' body, twice I believed and then the fight was over, a couple more punches on the already on-his-knees Mendes and Herb Dean stopped the fight. Conor McGregor is the new Interim UFC Featherweight Champion but I do believe Conor can't fight a wrestler, the entirity of the round two was spent with Conor McGregor defending against Chad Mendes on top of him, Conor even complained to Herb Dean that they've been on the ground too long without fighting which was obvious that Mendes was handing it to Conor.
I think what made Conor McGregor a Champion were his kicks to the body of Mendes especially to the left side of Mendes' body, from the first round you can actually see Mendes took several deep breaths because of those kicks, he was already hurt in the first half of the first round but fortunately he recovered and gave two takedowns on McGregor for the remainder of the first round.
All in all, I say that that was a good fight and I can't wait until Jose Aldo is fit enough to fight McGregor, so we can ultimately witness who is the Undisputed UFC Featherweight Champion is.