Conor McGregor’s decline in the Octagon began after he took a hiatus to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017. Since then he has gone 1-3 in MMA, with losses to arch rivals Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier. Over that time span McGregor has been subject to multiple run-ins with the law and various other controversies.
As McGregor’s impact on the field of play has dwindled, the Irishmen has laboured to create an impact on the sidelines—usually through extremely distasteful and insulting social media messages, most recently expressing his desire to literally kill someone during a fight.
McGregor’s online tirades have drawn criticism from all corners of the MMA community.