Conor McGregor unloads on broke UFC rival Charles Oliveira in response to inactivity jibe
Conor McGregor has let rip at Charles Oliveira on social media.
‘Notorious’ was talking up a potential Nate Diaz trilogy while watching his eventful press conference with Jake Paul ahead of their boxing match on Saturday night.
Inspired by watching one of his biggest rivals’ days before his latest fight, McGregor took to Twitter to reaffirm his true passion in life amid concerns about his UFC future.
He tweeted: “Fighting is MOTIVATION!
Oliveira seemed to find humour in McGregor’s latest Twitter post because the Irishman has been sidelined since breaking his leg at UFC 264 in July 2021.
The former UFC lightweight champion questioned McGregor’s desire to return.
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“Lol you're without motivation more than 2 years,” Oliveira replied.
‘Mystic Mac’ angrily snapped back by calling Oliveira a nobody and making reference to his bank balance in two follow-up posts.
McGregor said: “Recovering from a leg break, you nobody. You are nobody now, again.
“Get off that Lamborghini you broke bum.”
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The 35-year-old originally wanted to make his comeback against Oliveira last year, but his recovery took longer than expected and the Brazilian ultimately lost his title to Islam Makhachev.
He’ll have the chance to win it back when they rematch at UFC 294 in October.
Meanwhile, McGregor was supposed to face Michael Chandler later this year.
An issue with the UFC’s drug testing body appears to have delayed their fight until 2024 and given the former dual-weight champion time to consider a different opponent.
After UFC 291 last weekend, McGregor called for a fight with Justin Gaethje who knocked out Dustin Poirier with a head kick to win the vacant BMF belt.
In the process of calling out Gaethje, McGregor declared ‘F*** Chandler’ and did so again when he mapped out his two-fight comeback plan.
“Regardless of that nonsense match me and Nate will be completing the trilogy,” McGregor tweeted on Thursday evening.
“I am going to grab that bmf belt right quick for us for us to compete for it in the trilogy.”
“F*** Chandler.”
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