Conor McGregor to receive life-sized statue for upcoming 30th birthday

Steven Muehlhausen

Conor McGregor to receive life-sized statue for upcoming 30th birthday image

What do you get someone that has everything?

Conor McGregor will turn 30 on Saturday, July 14, and Lithuanian artist Edgar Askelovic — also known as Aspencrow in the art world — will present McGregor a 220-pound sculpture, which portrays the Irishman as a Greek god.

The statue of the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion is worth more than $58,000.

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Askelovic made three versions of the sculpture, with other two being shown and then sold at London Mayfair’s JD Malat Gallery.

What made Askelovic decide he wanted to do this project on McGregor?

“To create the piece, I looked back to antiquity, when athletes were immortalized in sculptures as gods,” Askelovic told The Evening Standard. “I combined some details from a Michelangelo statue with modern day graffiti to capture the present day’s warrior sensibilities.”

McGregor hasn't competed inside the Octagon since capturing the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in Nov. 2016 and it is unknown when he will return. McGregor did fight last year, but inside a boxing ring, losing by tenth-round TKO to Floyd Mayweather. 

UFC president Dana White said over the weekend that any discussions of a rumored fight between McGregor and lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will not begin until McGregor gets through his July 26 court appearance in New York for a throwing a dolly through a UFC bus prior to April's UFC 223.

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Steven Muehlhausen is a contributing writer for DAZN News. He writes features and news stories, and provides analysis relating to the world of boxing. Over the past five years, he has interviewed some of the biggest names in combat sports, including Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Terence Crawford, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Bill Goldberg.