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06th Mar 2016

TWEETS: A lot of Irish people are very pleased that Conor McGregor has been beaten

Paddy McKenna

Schadenfreude.

Conor McGregor has always divided opinion – it’s a big part of why he’s been such a success in the UFC.

Inevitably, if and when the fall came, there was going to be a lot of people who were going to delight in his demise.

This is their day.

https://twitter.com/JCLFC94/status/706366106424975360

https://twitter.com/PCPolice3/status/706383124230488064

And it wasn’t just in Ireland that people were pleased to see Conor McGregor taken down.

https://twitter.com/fartorelli/status/706376832266928128

Not everyone though was glorying in the Crumlin native’s defeat:

https://twitter.com/Niamh_156/status/706364572400275456