Irish megastar Conor McGregor doesn’t like the idea of sharing his namesake with another fighter.
On Saturday night, McGregor went on another eyebrow-raising rant on X regarding UFC debutant Connor Matthews, who made his promotional debut inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Fans got their first glimpse of Matthews on an August 2022 episode of Dana White’s Contender Series where he had come up short against Francis Marshall. A year later, he returned to DWCS and earned his way into the UFC with a unanimous decision win over Jair Farias.
Stepping inside the Octagon against Dennis Buzukja, Matthews failed to make it back-to-back wins, suffering a brutal third-round knockout just 33 seconds into the round.