{"id":41451,"date":"2026-11-04T02:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-fighter-recalls-training-with-Conor-McGregor-at-17-203480"},"modified":"2026-11-04T02:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:08:35","slug":"ufc-fighter-recalls-training-with-conor-mcgregor-at-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-fighter-recalls-training-with-conor-mcgregor-at-17\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC fighter recalls training with Conor McGregor at 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jean-Paul
\nLebosnoyani<\/a> trained with Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> when he was in high school.<\/p>\n

Lebosnoyani said he was just 17 when he had the chance to train
\nwith the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> star ahead of McGregor\u2019s first
\nfight against Nate Diaz<\/a> in
\n2016. Lebosnoyani had just finished a large Mongolian barbecue meal
\nwhen his father called to tell him McGregor needed a training
\npartner at the gym. \u201cAmerican Bandit\u201d trained with McGregor for
\nabout two weeks.<\/p>\n

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How Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani first met Conor McGregor<\/h2>\n

Lebosnoyani praised McGregor\u2019s humility and said the former
\ntwo-division champion has sent him messages throughout his career.
\nDespite the controversies surrounding McGregor, Lebosnoyani said he
\nwill always respect the Irishman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had just eaten the most I’ve ever eaten in my life. As soon as I
\nfinished my meal, my dad calls me,\u201d Lebosnoyani told Ariel Helwani.
\n\u201cHe goes, \u2018Conor’s at the gym. He needs you to train right now.\u2019 I
\nwas like, \u2018Oh my God, I’m gonna barf all over this guy.\u2019 We did a
\nbunch of jiu-jitsu rounds and trained for about two weeks before he
\nmet Dillon
\nDanis<\/a>. That was the highlight of my high school childhood.
\nShout out to Conor. He’s messaged me throughout my career. When I
\ngot signed to the UFC, he wrote me a nice message saying
\ncongratulations. When I met Conor, he was the most humble,
\ndown-to-earth guy. Obviously, there’s a lot of controversy with
\nhim, but I will always respect him. He has a special place in my
\nheart. At that point, he was at the pinnacle of his career, and it
\nwas extremely inspirational how humble he was to someone like me.
\nHe would pull up to the gym in two Rolls-Royces, and the second he
\nstepped on the mat, that whole persona, the whole ego, was just
\ngone.”<\/p>\n

Lebosnoyani (12-2) earned his UFC contract on
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> last year. He has won all three
\nof his UFC fights, earning his first stoppage victory in the
\npromotion against Farman
\nHasanov<\/a> at
\nUFC Vegas 123<\/a> on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Paul
\nLebosnoyani<\/a> recalls training with Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> as a 17-year-old: \u201cI had just eaten the most I’ve ever
\neaten in my life. As soon as I finished my meal, my dad calls me.
\nHe goes, \u2018Conor’s at the gym. He needs you to train right now.\u2019 I
\nwas like, \u2018Oh my God, I’m gonna barf all over this guy.\u2019 We did a
\nbunch of jiu-jitsu rounds and trained for about two weeks before he
\nmet Dillon
\nDanis<\/a>. That was the highlight of my high school childhood.
\nShout out to Conor. He’s messaged me throughout my career. When I
\ngot signed to the UFC, he wrote me a nice message saying
\ncongratulations. When I met Conor, he was the most humble,
\ndown-to-earth guy. Obviously, there’s a lot of controversy with
\nhim, but I will always respect him. He has a special place in my
\nheart. At that point, he was at the pinnacle of his career, and it
\nwas extremely inspirational how humble he was to someone like me.
\nHe would pull up to the gym in two Rolls-Royces, and the second he
\nstepped on the mat, that whole persona, the whole ego, was just
\ngone.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nNovember 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani trained with Conor McGregor when he was in high school. Lebosnoyani said he was just 17 when he had the chance to train with the Ultimate Fighting Championship star ahead of McGregor\u2019s first fight against Nate Diaz in 2016. Lebosnoyani had just finished a large Mongolian barbecue meal when his father called to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}