Conor McGregor tweets, then deletes, apparent taunt of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dead father

While Conor McGregor doesn’t directly mention Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, it’s pretty hard to think he was referring to anything else.

While [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag]’s recently deleted post on social media doesn’t directly mention Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the deceased father and longtime trainer of [autotag]Khabib Nurmagomedov[/autotag], it’s pretty hard to think the Irishman was referring to anything else.

Late Monday night, McGregor took to Twitter to post a simple message that has since been deleted:

Covid is good and father is evil?

The statement appears to be a clear reference to Nurmagomedov’s post earlier this month, following the main event of UFC 264, where Dustin Poirier scored a first-round TKO over McGregor when the former two-division UFC champion’s left leg snapped, rendering him unable to continue.

Good always defeats evil. Very happy for @DustinPoirier
I hope you will get the belt end of the year

Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov died this past July after testing positive for COVID-19 and then suffering a heart attack that forced him to undergo emergency bypass surgery. He was 57 years old.

Prior to the elder Nurmagomedov’s passing, McGregor actually posted a classy message of support that was widely praised in the MMA community as a dignified message to a former rival.

However, McGregor has taken a much different approach to his interactions with fellow lightweights in more recent times, taking a more aggressive tone with rivals and seemingly leaving nothing off-limits, including calling Poirier’s wife a “ho” while he was still seated on the canvas following the UFC 264 loss.

In addition to his apparent reference to Nurmagomedov, McGregor also tweeted and deleted the latest defense of his UFC 264 loss, which he has repeatedly made clear was due to a doctor’s stoppage, which he does not consider a true TKO.

Jumping a guillotine is not a takedown.
Absorbing the kick into the leg is not a check.
A doctor stoppage is not a tko.
The game goes on bitches.
Piss ants to me yous all are.
Not even peasants. Piss ants!
Now get to your stationed vlogger cameras you novice bums! #nobodies

McGregor, 33, is currently recovering from surgery to insert a titanium rod into his injured leg, which is expected to keep him out of the octagon for the better part of a year. Once cleared to fight again, McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) has vowed to recover the UFC lightweight belt he claimed with his 2016 win over Eddie Alvarez – though he was later stripped of the title due to inactivity.

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