You can count professional wrestler turned A-list actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson among fans of the UFC's breakout featherweight star, Ireland native Conor McGregor. Speaking with Ireland's Entertainment.ie during his media rounds for the film San Andreas, Johnson said he sees a bit of himself in the trash-talking striker.
"I love that guy," he said in discussing McGregor's matchup against Jose Aldo at UFC 189. "I love Aldo too.... So Aldo, there's a quiet confidence, and in Conor the confidence is not quiet, and it reminds me of how I was in the WWE.