Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Conor McGregor took some L’s on social media.
Conor McGregor recently created his greatest of all time rankings, unsurprisingly arguing on social media that he’s among the very top of the list. There were mixed reactions on McGregor’s conflicting arguments, and this sparked some pointed responses from two fighters who holds wins over him, and another who normally tops people’s pound-for-pound lists.
McGregor said he’s at least number two, or tied for number one with Anderson Silva due to finishes in multiple divisions. This made Nate Diaz, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Jon Jones decide to all roast the Irishman and his rankings on Twitter.
In trademark Diaz fashion, Nate brought up his quick submission win to shut down any talk of McGregor being the greatest of all time.
Smoked the #1 p4p and double champ
know the real when you see him
And don’t for get I did it better and quicker than anyone else on the ground and sent him down with punches quicker than Mayweather did so fuck alll y’all rankings and know a real goat when you see me pic.twitter.com/wHmDqVERmf— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) May 23, 2020
P4p the baddest motherfucker here fuck all y’all pic.twitter.com/TdA8qPPTc1
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) May 23, 2020
McGregor said Khabib has a “fancy record” but a long way to go before entering the GOAT rankings. The 28-0 Dagestani completely shut down the Irishman’s arguments by again bringing up all his multi-division submission losses and zero title defenses.
you tapped out in featherweight , you tapped out in lightweight and you tapped in welterweight , you never defended title in the UFC or Cage Warriors , you gave up more than GSP , Spider and Bones all together.
you greatest @ufc fighter in twitter history.— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) May 24, 2020
Jones, who McGregor put all the way down at number four, responded by showing his 14-0 record in UFC title fights. He also gave a shout out to Khabib for his response.
Goat where you at ?? ??? pic.twitter.com/vrf5UGVsfj
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) May 24, 2020
Like I said I’ll let the fans do the debating for me, thanks Khabib pic.twitter.com/hhtnijk07J
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) May 24, 2020
Jorge Masvidal also chimed in on the discussion to talk about his BMF title win over Diaz:
I beg to differ #1of1 https://t.co/zetR0QYpHq
— Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) May 23, 2020
Greatest of All Time arguments are always highly subjective and can get a bit silly and pointless, especially in such a young sport like MMA. That being said, it can be a pretty fun and hilarious discussion, especially when the athletes themselves decide to jump in and take shots at each other to make their case.