A photograph of Islam Makhachev from his UFC 302 pre-fight photoshoot was sufficient to ship Conor McGregor right into a match about hygiene.
McGregor, who just isn’t a physician, believes he recognized a staph an infection on Makhachev’s left shin, and attacked the UFC light-weight champion and his group for his or her cleanliness. A darkish, round blemish is seen on Makahchev’s leg within the photograph McGregor quote tweeted, which was sufficient for McGregor to offer his prognosis.
It wasn’t all bashing from McGregor although, as he added a prediction that Makhachev will nonetheless win the UFC 302 foremost occasion title combat within the opening spherical in opposition to Dustin Poirier.
“Staph once more,” McGregor wrote on X. “This inbred nonetheless lives with Staph. This group is infested, make no mistake. Scruff balls. No matter ya’s are into, I suppose. He nonetheless subs Dustin within the 1st.”
McGregor added in a second put up:
“Yous absolute scruffy f*cks I’m sick of yous. Wash your f*cking self! Wash your garments! Wash your mats! And do it fucking on a regular basis you scruffy c*nts.”
Staph once more. This inbred nonetheless lives with Staph. This group is infested, make no mistake. Scruff balls. No matter ya’s are into, I suppose. He nonetheless subs Dustin within the 1st. https://t.co/8ducNYStAk
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) Could 29, 2024
Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) is simply days away from a scheduled title protection within the UFC 302 foremost occasion in opposition to Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) at Prudential Heart in Newark, N.J. (ESPN+ pay-per-view). The blemish seen within the present photograph was not current in an identical photograph throughout UFC 294 combat week, when Makhachev recorded his second title protection in opposition to Alexander Volkanovski.
If McGregor’s hypothesis is certainly correct, it is going to be the second time in a row Poirier competes in opposition to an opponent with the an infection; Benoit Saint-Denis had staph on his brow after they competed at UFC 299 in March. Saint-Denis was prescribed antibiotics, which he stated affected his efficiency within the second-round loss to Poirier.
Makhachev’s group has not responded to a request for clarification from MMA Junkie nor responded to McGregor’s declare on the time of writing.
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