Conor McGregor reveals character from upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Photo)
Conor McGregor has given fans a little taste of what they can expect his character to look like in the upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
This month it was revealed American video game publisher Activision planned on featuring reigning UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in their upcoming release Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
Well now McGregor is giving fans a little taste of what they can expect when they see the Irishman leading a squad of solider into combat deep in the heart of space.
McGregor will co-star alongside Game of Thrones‘ actor Kit Harrington in the latest chapter of the long-running Call of Duty franchise. This comes just a after years Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey starred in the popular title Advanced Warfare.
The release date for the game is being marketed for November 4. This may be a clue as to whether McGregor will be featured on the UFC’s upcoming UFC 205 card in Madison Square Garden on November 12, after the game launches.
In terms of competition, McGregor (20-3) is coming off a majority decision win over Nate Diaz at UFC 202 last month. Following his victory, UFC officials revealed the entire card had earned $7,629,010 at the gate, making it the fifth-largest in company history.
As far as pay-per-view buys, the early estimates ranged from 1.2 million to 1.5 million buys, which would place it in the top three in promotion history, along with UFC 196, which was headlined by the first showdown between McGregor and Diaz, and UFC 100 in 2009, which was headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir.
McGregor also headlined UFC 194, which reached 1.2 million buys. During the card fans saw McGregor dethrone former champion Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds.
While the champion has not revealed who his next opponent will be, he has multitude of fighters calling for the fight, including UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez.
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