On Wednesday, Conor McGregor targeted UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov with an Islamophobic twitter rant that led to outrage from combat sports fans and the broader media.
The former two-division UFC champion posted a tweet with Nurmagomedov and his wife wearing an Islamic face veil along with the caption, “Your wife’s a towel mate.” The comment was part of a series of tweets that took aim at the lightweight champion’s family and entourage. In another one, McGregor posted a picture of Nurmagomedov’s cousin, Abubakar, with a black eye and stated, “I smacked your brother around and took a s*** in this hat.