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Islam Makhachev (left) appeared to have some fun at Conor McGregor’s expense. | : Getty/UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Islam Makhachev poked fun at Conor McGregor following the Irishman’s anticlimactic defeat to Max Holloway.
McGregor suffered a knee injury with the very first strike he threw in his rematch with Holloway at UFC 329 in Las Vegas. He couldn’t plant both feet properly thereafter and the referee subsequently intervened, calling a halt to the action. Makhachev has now mocked the former two-division champion.
Islam Makhachev posts 'Conor beat Conor' after Max Holloway stops McGregor at UFC 329
Makhachev has addressed the result of UFC 329’s main event, wherein his friend and mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov’s bitter rival failed to return to the win column. UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski posted his live reaction to the injury on Instagram and Makhachev commented with a laughing emoji underneath.
“Conor beat Conor congrats Max,” the former lightweight and current welterweight champion then posted on X.
Notably, McGregor commended Makhachev in the lead-up to UFC 329, ranking him above Nurmagomedov and Daniel Cormier. "Body of work, finishes. I rank him above Khabib and DC. People around him are talking about [retirement], but there's a lot left in that boy,” he said in an interview.
Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor remains the highest-selling pay-per-view in UFC history, kicking off the Dagestan-Ireland rivalry, which will have another chapter at UFC 330, where Makhachev will look to defend his belt against Ian Garry.
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