Conor McGregor leaves fans baffled after posting video of himself with MONKEY filter as UFC star prepares for comeback
CONOR McGREGOR left fans baffled after posting a video of himself with a MONKEY filter as he prepares for his UFC comeback.
The Irishman has posted a series of puzzling videos online recently, but this one could top the lot.
Posing as a monkey, McGregor mutters: “I told you I’d be back” before breaking out in sinister laughing.
It divided fans online, who were torn on whether it was either hilarious or quite worrying.
One said: “Translation: ‘Just getting up to some monkey business.'”
Another said: “Looking good champ.”
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One added: “I hope this goes in the deleted tweets pile, this is scary.”
Another added: “He’s officially lost it fellas.”
McGregor, 34, happens to be a huge fan of apes and even has a gorilla tattooed on his chest.
His weird social media posts come as the former UFC champion returns to training ahead of a comeback next year.
McGregor is yet to return since breaking his leg in the first round of his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier, 33, in July 2021.
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He has been ruled out of fighting until 2023, having undertaken his first Hollywood role.
McGregor is starring in a reboot of Patrick Swayze’s 1989 classic Roadhouse, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.
But it has paved the way for superstar to make a massive return to the cage next year.
He said on Instagram Live: “I’m going to be back soon, hopefully. Early 2023 I’m aiming for. Sometime in that first quarter.”