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Conor McGregor 's rivals are lining up on social media to mock theUFC fighter. - McGregor was resoundingly beaten Saturday by Dustin Poirier.
Jake Paul ,Floyd Mayweather , andKhabib Nurmagomedov have all trolled the Irishman already.
Prominent lightweight Dustin Poirier defeated McGregor in the second round of a wild fight in front of a small number of fans inside the newly-built Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
Though McGregor edged the opening round, Poirier pounced in the second when he had the Irishman against the fence.
McGregor would have been ruing a dead leg at the time as the American kept throwing kicks at his calves. With the Irishman against the fence, Poirier dropped McGregor with furious fists which pummelled him from above.
Poirier peeled away to celebrate the win while McGregor was out cold on the canvas, took his time to recover, and was then seen limping around the Octagon.
While Poirier said he'd welcome a trilogy bout to settle their rivalry, McGregor called the loss "heartbreaking" at a post-event press conference Insider attended.
It was not long before McGregor's rivals from the worlds of MMA, boxing, and YouTube began mocking him on their respective social media accounts.
Internet sensation Paul could not stop laughing in a video posted on YouTube.
Paul has been trolling McGregor for months. In November, he told Insider that he thinks McGregor is "washed up" and that he could beat him in a fist fight.
Then, in a sweary callout video in which he insulted McGregor's fiancée Dee Devlin, the creator said he had a $50 million fight offer for McGregor.
Moments after McGregor's loss, Paul implied on Twitter that the UFC fighter is no longer worth that paycheck. "Hey Conor, I got $10,000 for you [instead of $50 million]," Paul said, adding he'd pay it in cash.
McGregor called Paul "a confused little kid" earlier this week. He is yet to respond to the latest insults.
Nurmagomedov and Mayweather also commented on McGregor's defeat
Throughout fight week, a boxing rules contest between McGregor and Manny Pacquiao had been mooted, with talks reportedly going back for a year.
Mayweather, who famously beat both men in straightforward wins, described such a match as "my leftovers eating [my] leftovers."
On Instagram, he said: "Conor cannot even win in his own sport, but talking about coming back to boxing to fight Pacquiao. Nobody wants to see that."
Nurmagomedov, like Mayweather, has also defeated McGregor, albeit by fourth-round submission in MMA rather than 10th round stoppage in boxing.
"This is what happened, when you change your team, leave the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids, far away from reality," the UFC lightweight champion tweeted.
—khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) January 24, 2021
A reporter told McGregor about Nurmagomedov's tweet at the post-event press conference on Sunday morning.
"That's the character of the man for sure, behind the mask," McGregor said.
"What's he want to do? Does he want to come back, or no? Cause he's not throwing no leg kicks," he said, referencing the attacks that Poirier beat him with."
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