Celebrating a three-year work anniversary by flaunting your earnings for all to see.
Conor McGregor made his UFC debut, against Marcus Brimage, three years and a day ago. On Wednesday night, ‘The Notorious’ marked the date with a reminder to all that he is still the king-maker.
Many suspected the Dubliner would recede into his shell after tapping out to Nate Diaz at UFc 196.
There’s just one problem: McGregor doesn’t do shells.
3 years ago today, I began my crusade to take all you bums from 5 figure paydays to multi seven figure paydays.
And not even a thank you.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 6, 2016
McGregor is being typically verbose but he has a point.
UFC stars such as Diaz, Demetrious Johnson, Donald Cerrone and many, many more have all spoken about wanting McGregor-type pay-days for their fights. By headlining major events, McGregor has helped breach attendance and pay-per-view records for the promotion.
With a cock-sure statement like McGregor’s, there were always going to be some UFC fighters out there that reacted.
Rory MacDonald took the tweet in good humour.
https://twitter.com/rory_macdonald/status/717828610900541440
@rory_macdonald @TheNotoriousMMA 😂😂😂
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) April 6, 2016
Light heavyweight Ilir Latifi also made his debut at that UFC event, in Iceland, and shared McGregor some love.
@TheNotoriousMMA april 6th 💪🏻
— Ilir Latifi (@Latifimma) April 7, 2016
Former UFC fighter Nathan Quarry took a serious tone but no McGregor retweet has been forthcoming.
@TheNotoriousMMA then you support @mmafa, the UFC lawsuit and changing the Ali Act to cover MMA. Feel free to retweet this to show support.
— Nathan Quarry (@NateRockQuarry) April 6, 2016
Aside from that, this image featured prominently in the hundreds and hundreds of fan replies:
https://twitter.com/REALMIKEM00RE/status/717825681623638016
This, however, was our favourite response:
