Conor McGregor has found a simple way to describe how August has gone for him. The former UFC two-division champion reacted to a meme showing Stone Cold Steve Austin attacking Vince McMahon, with the post describing it as how the entire month felt. McGregor replied, “Literally identical lol!” The comment came as he continues to recover from the knee injury that ended his UFC 329 comeback in July this year.
Conor McGregor finds August comparison hard to ignore
The meme McGregor reacted to showed a famous WWE moment involving Steve Austin and Vince McMahon.It was posted with the caption “How all of August felt,” and McGregor appeared to see a clear connection with his own recent run of events. McGregor’s response was posted on X on August 24.His comeback fight against Max Holloway at UFC 329 on July 11 lasted only 69 seconds. McGregor hurt his knee early in the fight, and the bout was stopped.The UFC later reported that McGregor would undergo surgery after the injury. McGregor has since confirmed that he suffered damage to his ACL and meniscus.He also questioned the circumstances around the injury, saying the fog used during his entrance may have played a part in him slipping.Holloway rejected that explanation and later pushed back against McGregor’s comments about their fight. For McGregor, the situation has gone far beyond a disappointing night inside the Octagon.His comeback ended almost immediately, his recovery will take time, and his public exchanges with Holloway have kept the fight in the conversation.The comparison also stands out because McGregor has long shown interest in professional wrestling. He has previously spoken positively about Vince McMahon and Steve Austin, so the choice of clip was not completely outside his world.Still, this time the joke was less about wrestling and more about the strange run of events around his comeback. His short reply said plenty without turning the post into another long argument.
Khabib Nurmagomedov explains why Conor McGregor was his toughest mental test
While McGregor is dealing with his own difficult period, Khabib Nurmagomedov has also recently spoken about what it was like to face him.Speaking to Lex Fridman, Nurmagomedov said McGregor was his toughest fight mentally at that point in his career. He explained that the build-up was especially difficult because McGregor spoke about his family, religion and personal life.“One hundred percent [McGregor fight was mentally the toughest]. Because fighting’s all psychology, you know? It’s a mental game. Mentally speaking, that was my toughest fight. At that point, yeah…”Nurmagomedov still made an important distinction. He said a tougher fight came later, when he faced Justin Gaethje in 2020. That bout came after the death of his father and coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.The McGregor rivalry, however, remained different for him because of how personal the build-up became. Nurmagomedov said the rivalry felt real rather than something created only to sell a fight.That history makes McGregor’s latest reaction a little more understandable. After a comeback that ended in seconds and a difficult recovery, he saw a wrestling clip that captured the mood of his month almost perfectly.