Conor McGregor posts on social media at 3am to show off bizarre photo of his calves

Conor McGregor posted a bizarre photo showing off his calves shortly after 3am Irish time.

McGregor was likely up late watching UFC 282 that saw Paddy Pimblett beat Jared Gordon while Jan Blachowicz drew against Magomed Ankalaev.

And McGregor posted a series of tweets as he stayed up watching the fights, few stranger than a photo showing off his calves.

Sharing a photo, he said: "Le Tour de France calves. Control, balance, stability, power."

And he added: "I can run full throttle like this."

McGregor posted a series of late night tweets and congratulated Paul Rosas on his UFC debut win.

He said: "Paul Rosas- great debut, watching you !"

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