Conor McGregor has bizarrely compared his reign as a former two-weight UFC champion with his manhood.
McGregor, 34, was very active on social media over the weekend following Anthony Joshua's loss to Oleksandr Usyk and Kamaru Usman's shocking knockout defeat to Leon Edwards, with the UFC star also bizarrely trading words with former super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch. The fights have seemingly encouraged McGregor to make his UFC comeback, with the Irishman pushing for a title fight in his octagon return.
In the latest of strange tweets from McGregor, he compared his time as one of the best fighters in the world to a "leprechaun" in his "jocks" "My reign on top is like leprechaun. The leprechaun in me jocks," his tweet read accompanied by hashtags of "the notorious Irish" and 'McGregor forever". At the height of his fighting career, McGregor was one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world but now finds himself without a win in almost three years.
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The Irishman is expected to make his UFC return in the early months of next year having not fought since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in their trilogy fight last July. McGregor had been pushing to fight welterweight champion Usman for a chance to become the UFC's first-ever three-weight champion, but those plans have now likely changed following Usman's defeat to Edwards.
McGregor unsurprisingly weighed in on Usman's knockout loss to Edwards, tweeting out "Hahahahahhhahajaaj" just moments after the pound-for-pound No.1 was knocked out. 'Notorious' continued to mock Usman after the fight, tweeting: "Mi no lika the boi no sleep dem man hahahaha t*** got t****ed and also writing: "Usman gonna come out saying he from Pluto after that smack hahah Marty green pants from Pluto."
Edwards, who shares the same management label as McGregor, celebrated his win by doing the Irishman's iconic 'billy strut' celebration. McGregor praised Edwards for his win as he wrote: "An amazing scene to witness! Huge congrats Leon! A real good, solid and dedicated mixed martial artist! The UK's second only UFC champion! Incredible! Congrats mate."
Usman's title loss will likely see him loss his status as the pound-for-pound No.1. Whilst teasing a return to the octagon, McGregor insisted that he still holds that accolade despite his recent string of losses. "Who’s the pound for pound now? I’ll tell you who. The one who it’s been all along. The one. The only. Me, motherf*****s. Stay tuned," he wrote.
