Conor McGregor statue costing £50,000 and weighing almost 16st goes on show to mark UFC legend’s 30th birthday
10th July 2018, 8:10 am 17th July 2018, 12:21 am == CONOR McGREGOR has been immortalised in a stunning £50,000 sculpture to celebrate his 30th birthday. The legendary UFC fighter hits the milestone this coming Saturday, July 14, and to commemorate the date a stunning art piece showing him bursting out of marble will be unveiled. This is the 'hyperrealistic' art piece that will be gifted to Conor McGregor for his 30th birthday The piece took five months to create, and even used real hair for the UFC man's beard And weighing almost 16st, that's around 5st heavier than the man himself hits the scales at for his octagon battles. It will be on show at the JD Malat Gallery in Mayfair, London, on his birthday, and will take pride of place there until September 30. Birmingham-based Lithuanian artist Edgar Askelovic, who designs under the name "Aspencrow", will then gift the stunning piece, titled ATLAS, to the man himself. Speaking about the theory behind the scul...
