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Conor McGregor Deletes 'War Is on' Tweet Backing John Gotti III over Floyd Mayweather

UFC superstar Conor McGregor weighed in on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-John Gotti III exhibition fiasco from Saturday night.

In an Instagram story after the bout (h/t MMAFighting.com), Gotti called Mayweather his "enemy for life" and tagged McGregor in a separate post that read "we need back up."

In a since-deleted tweet (h/t Jed Meshew of MMAFighting.com), McGregor responded: "I back the Gottis. The war is on."

Mayweather and Gotti fought in an eight-round exhibition match in Florida on Saturday. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight in the sixth round after both fighters failed to heed his instruction to stop using abusive language.