Connor McGregor was just defeated by Dustin Poirier by TKO on the second round of their UFC match in Abu Dhabi. This marks the first time McGregor was ever knocked out and that’s kinda crazy!!
Of course, as soon as it happened, Twitter was quick to react! Conor became a worldwide trending topic right away! Scroll down to see some of the reactions:
Some were shady…
This is what happened, when you change your team, leave the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids, far away from reality.
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) January 24, 2021
Some brought up interesting trivia
In 2014, Conor McGregor became the first man to ever knock out Dustin Poirier.
— Dotun Jubal (@dotunjubal) January 24, 2021
Countdown to 7 years later, Dustin Poirier becomes the first man to ever knock out Conor McGregor.#UFC257 pic.twitter.com/b2LcavZVtA
And others of course, brought out the memes
Conor McGregor down bad pic.twitter.com/Adq0KVng1W
— Hoodville (@Hoodville_) January 24, 2021
The last thing Conor saw #UFC257 pic.twitter.com/SZqhamN2qa
— Derek Langston (@Derek_Langston) January 24, 2021
Conor McGregor When He Realizes He Has To Fight Jake Paul Next…#UFC257 pic.twitter.com/NaeQ2piYcX
— SFTY Network! (@SFTYNetwork) January 24, 2021
What is it that the Bahrainis say? Tkbar oo tinsa
(Translation: You’ll grow old and forget)
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