“Irish liver king talking about steroids” – As Team Khabib call out Conor McGregor for ‘running away from USADA’, fans join in to troll Irish superstar

Umar Nurmagomedov fires back with a retaliatory insult for Conor McGregor's defamation of his brother.

“Irish liver king talking about steroids” – As Team Khabib call out Conor McGregor for ‘running away from USADA’, fans join in to troll Irish superstar

Umar Nurmagomedov fires back a retaliatory insult (Source: Twitter)

Away from the ring and some 30 months on the shelf, Conor McGregor has been busy. The 22-6 former 2-division champ has kept himself highly apprised of all things MMA. “The Notorious” is notoriously infamous for his voiceover-notes and unhinged opinions, on his X account. He recently rekindled his beef with team Khabib Nurmagomedov and Umar Nurmagomedov, for justifiable inactivity. Now, the 16-0 undefeated bantamweight has fired back.

The UFC bantamweight recently expressed his dire plight on X, keen on a fight. So much so that he retorted back to divisional peer Sean O’Malley‘s callout. McGregor, however, gibed at the Nurmagomedov clan in a since-deleted tweet, for attributory PED usage. Here’s what Nurmagomedov wrote in his latest tweet:

The one who runs away from USADA is talking. Shut your mouth old fart...
Umar Nurmagomedov on X
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McGregor faced a submission skid to the infamous Kabib Nurmagomedov, in Round 4 of UFC 229. The Irishman hence does not falter to sneer back at Team Khabib due to the headlining defeat. Umar, the cousin, has competed in the Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC) and the Professional Fighters League (PFL). The prized fighter is Bellator champ Usman Nurmagomedov‘s older brother.

Fight fans have been split in between, in the discourse of this banter. Many have taken a jab at McGregor though. The Dubliner, owner of the ‘Forged Stout’ Irish Whiskey thus saw the jeer of “Irish liver king talking about steroids“.

Fans react to Umar Nurmagomedov-Conor McGregor banter

Umar Nurmagomedov’s brother Usman recently bagged a lopsided decision win against Brent Primus. After a successful second-title defense, the Athletic Commission’s testing pool overturned the decision to use banned substances.

Concurrently, Conor McGregor did not shy away from dissing Team Khabib at this. In a since-deleted tweet, the fighter additionally slammed Islam Makhachev and the rest of Team Khabib (AKA peers and pro-MMA fighters from Eagle Fighting Championship) on overt PED usage.

Fans react to beef between Umar Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor
Fans react to beef between Umar Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor (Source: IMAGO/Twitter)

Now though, Nurmagomedov hit back with a diss of his own; fans have accordingly complemented his strain of thought. This comes in light of top honcho Dana White‘s recent efforts to facilitate McGregor’s faster return, during the UFC-USADA split. Check out a few prime reactions to his tweet, below.

https://twitter.com/goatd3ys/status/1745183570967031957?s=20
https://twitter.com/AIKYGDLT/status/1745169765943943415?s=20

Fans have equally nitpicked in condescending jeers at both the fighters, for substance abuse and alcoholism issues. A few MMA enthusiasts have, however, hilariously nudged in Dominant MMA Management’s Ali Abdelaziz (of Team Khabib) on a Twitter takeover. Abdelaziz was recently in much controversy for using his fighter’s Twitter accounts to talk trash.

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