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PIC: Conor McGregor addresses Floyd Mayweather, Rolling Stone and the Gardai in mammoth Facebook post

Published 09:23 9 Jan 2016 GMT

Updated 09:28 9 Jan 2016 GMT

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PIC: Conor McGregor addresses Floyd Mayweather, Rolling Stone and the Gardai in mammoth Facebook post

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His message to Floyd Mayweather is particularly strong.

Even though it’s been almost a month since he defeated Jose Aldo to become the UFC featherweight champion, Conor McGregor has found himself in the news quite a bit of late. He has won a pile of awards and was included in Rolling Stone’s top 25 sex symbols of 2015. He was the topic of some fairly outlandish comments from Floyd Mayweather, who suggested that his popularity is proof of the fact that racism still exists. And, most recently, it was revealed that an Garda Síochána would be investigating an Instagram post of McGregor’s in which he appeared to be holding a replica gun. https://www.instagram.com/p/BAOA3AHrztJ/ McGregor had stayed silent on all of the above until the early hours of this morning, when he addressed all of these recent issues and more in a detailed Facebook post.
1. Rolling Stone, thank you for putting me as one of your top 25 sex symbols of 2015! My Mother will be delighted and... Posted by Conor McGregor on Friday, 8 January 2016
No holding back there.

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PIC: Conor McGregor addresses Floyd Mayweather, Rolling Stone and the Gardai in mammoth Facebook post