He remains the brightest star in the mixed martial arts sky, even though he has not fought in nearly 20 months. Former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Conor McGregor will celebrate his 30th birthday on July 14.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of July:
JULY 1
Amar Suloev, 1976-2016Vener Galiev, 43
Forrest Griffin, 39
Cat Zingano, 36
Ali Yaakub, 34
Karlos Vemola, 33
Norman Paraisy, 32
William Macario, 27
JULY 2
Brad Cardinal, 40Vinny Magalhaes, 34
Godofredo Castro, 31
Brett Cooper, 31
Hakeem Dawodu, 27
JULY 3
Mike Bencic, 52Wanderlei Silva, 42
Tommy Depret, 39
Sascha Weinpolter, 32
JULY 4
Dave Vader, 41Julia Budd, 35
Shamil Zavurov, 34
Tyrell Fortune, 28
JULY 5
John Alessio, 39Edson Berto, 35
Kevin Knabjian, 34
Ian McCall, 34
Waqar Umar, 28
JULY 6
Tom Erikson, 54Masaaki Sugawara, 39
Mike Rio, 37
Gesias Cavalcante, 35
Hans Stringer, 31
JULY 7
Jason Brilz, 43Pat Barry, 39
Eliot Marshall, 38
Stav Economou, 32
Patricio Freire, 31
Cody Garbrandt, 27
JULY 8
Taiei Kin, 48Randy Brown, 28
Jonas Billstein, 27
Angela Lee, 22
JULY 9
Renato Sobral, 43Tim Credeur, 41
George Sotiropoulos, 41
Gerald Turek, 39
Peter Davis, 37
Cristiane Justino, 33
Ashlee Evans-Smith, 31
JULY 10
Pete Williams, 43Gleison Tibau, 35
Brock Jardine, 33
Aaron Derrow, 31
JULY 11
Josh Clopton, 37Enoc Solves Torres, 34
Brandon Thatch, 33
Kron Gracie, 30
JULY 12
Keiichiro Yamamiya, 46Brock Lesnar, 41
Carlos Eduardo Rocha, 37
Mitch Whitesel, 37
Cody Pfister, 28
JULY 13
Dave Strasser, 49Hidehiko Hasegawa, 40
Jonathan Goulet, 39
Tom Watson, 36
Rina Tomita, 34
JULY 14
Kazushi Sakuraba, 49Mostapha Al-Turk, 45
Falaniko Vitale, 44
Wagnney Fabiano, 43
Rolles Gracie, 40
Leonard Garcia, 39
Shane Roller, 39
Ray Sloan, 33
Alex Garcia, 31
Conor McGregor, 30
Jason Knight, 26
Nicholas Lee, 23
JULY 15
Antony Rea, 42Matt Mitrione, 40
Chris Curtis, 31
Viktor Pesta, 28
JULY 16
Javier Vazquez, 41Toby Imada, 40
Kazuhiro Nakamura, 39
Walel Watson, 34
Lacey Schuckman, 30
Louis Smolka, 27
JULY 17
Alexander Otsuka, 47Yuki Kondo, 43
Sean McCorkle, 42
Ricardo Arona, 40
Mamed Khalidov, 38
Travis Browne, 36
Saul Elizondo, 33
Mike Byrnes, 28
JULY 18
Crosley Gracie, 39Hatsu Hioki, 35
Ben Askren, 34
Alexander Yakovlev, 34
JULY 19
Jeremiah Constant, 44Raphael Assuncao, 36
Alan Patrick Silva Alves, 35
Elvis Mutapcic, 32
Hector Sandoval, 32
Jon Jones, 31
JULY 20
Aaron Simpson, 44Pat Healy, 35
Ryan Healy, 35
Gilbert Burns, 32
JULY 21
Chris Leben, 38Yushin Okami, 37
Antonio dos Santos Jr., 30
Filip Pejic, 26
JULY 22
Carlos Barreto, 50Adrienna Jenkins, 37
Mark Hominick, 36
Eddie Gordon, 35
Cain Carrizosa, 32
Rory MacDonald, 29
JULY 23
Guram Gugenishvili, 1987-2014Georgy Kaysinov, 47
Akira Kikuchi, 40
Sergio Moraes, 36
LeVon Maynard, 35
Chad Laprise, 32
Marcus Vanttinen, 31
Teruto Ishihara, 27
JULY 24
Jason DeLucia, 49Takahiro Kajita, 42
Nathan Coy, 40
Mike Lullo, 39
Tim Carpenter, 38
Josh Sampo, 34
Julian Lane, 31
JULY 25
Seth Kleinbeck, 45Tiequan Zhang, 40
Tom Niinimaki, 36
Michel Prazeres, 35
Vitaly Bigdash, 34
Eric Wisely, 34
Chris Honeycutt, 30
JULY 26
Jeff Blatnick, 1957-2012Yukio Sakaguchi, 45
Tony DeSouza, 44
Devin Clark, 30
Anthony Smith, 30
JULY 27
Drew McFedries, 40Lauren Murphy, 35
Daniel Straus, 34
Julia Borisova, 33
Rafael Carvalho, 32
Jessica Eye, 32
JULY 28
Dana White, 49Danny Davis Jr., 36
Cain Velasquez, 36
Ilir Latifi, 35
George Pacurariu, 34
Darrell Horcher, 31
Gunnar Nelson, 30
JULY 29
Dave Menne, 44Yoshihiro Akiyama, 43
Jay Hieron, 42
Steve Bosse, 37
Matt Grice, 37
JULY 30
Murilo Bustamante, 52Fabricio Werdum, 41
Marius Zaromskis, 38
Robert Emerson, 37
Anthony Christodoulou, 31
JULY 31
Jim Theobald, 41Tito Jones, 37
Joseph Benavidez, 34
Uriah Hall, 34
Julian Erosa, 29
Aljamain Sterling, 29
Thomas Almeida, 27