Conor McGregor's latest social media outburst saw him brand a cancer survivor a "prune head" after being trolled.
The Irishman is one of the most high-profile sporting figures in the world having shot to fame for his exploits in the UFC and his boxing fight with Floyd Mayweather. During his time in the limelight, McGregor has picked fights on social media with the likes of octagon rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, and most recently rising star Hasbulla, who has a growth hormone deficiency (GHD).
His most recent war of words has attracted criticism after he electied to respond to student Sam Allick on social media, who had suggested he was "ageing rapidly". McGregor angrily fired an insult at Allick online, tweeting: "Lord Almighty. Say less bro. You look like a baby grandpa. @yungsallick you little prune head."
McGregor was backed by his supporters despite Allick's condition with one fan even writing: "You look like you could be anywhere from 15 to 49." Allick was left frustrated by the bombardment of abuse in relation to his original tweet, but McGregor has since deleted his tweet targeting the American.
The student from Washington DC was previously diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma, while at high school in 2019 with the disease only affecting 200 children and young adults stateside every year. During his lengthy battle with the illness, Allick was required to have 17 aggressive sessions of chemotherapy and three surgical procedures to help him overcome the cancer which left him with changes to his physical appearance.
Allick makes reference to his brave battle with the rare bone cancer where he displays the term 'cancer survivor' in his bio on Twitter after successfully beating the illness into remission. McGregor later defended his actions, writing: "Despite contrary belief, I never fire the first shot in verbal warfare or disrespect. I end it with bombs that obliterate the original comments or remarks but never fire first."
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Several of McGregor'.s outbursts have caused controversy despite promptly being deleted including at bitter foe Nurmagomedov. Most recently, McGregor elected to attack social media Hasbulla by mocking his height and build despite his suffering with a growth hormone deficiency.
He tweeted and deleted: "I’d love to boot that little gimp Hasbulla over a goal post. How much to get him on the volley? I’m going to make it my mission to score a three pointer with him one day, hon the GAA." McGregor then renewed his words, adding: "Now what you saying you little gimp?" with a picture of Hasbulla photoshopped on a children's toy.
The Russian angrily responded with a challenge: "Hey uncle Dana White and UFC. Please make it happen, let me eat this chicken. I am very hungry, I'm going to smash him with my mountain spirit. My brother Khabib smashed him and all his team once, now is my time to rise! #HasbullaTime."
