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Conor McGregor sends birthday message to his 'little superstar rockstar' as oldest son turns six

Conor McGregor has shared a birthday post online for his eldest child Conor Jr.

The UFC star's son turned six on Saturday, with the former two-weight champion sharing a number of photos with his 46million+ followers on Instagram.

He commented on the post: "Happy birthday my little superstar rockstar, the world is yours, kid!"

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A huge amount of comments were left on the post, including one from McGregor's coach John Kavanagh, who wrote: "Happy birthday champ."

The Crumlin native's sister Erin added: "Happy birthday buddy I can’t wait to see u."

His striking coach Owen Roddy commented: "Happy Birthday Jr."

McGregor remains stateside with his family ahead of his scheduled octagon return later this year against Michael Chandler.

However, the American believes it could now be winter before the bout takes place.

“Conor says one thing, Usada (United States Anti-Doping Agency) says another,” Chandler told ESPN, as he highlighted McGregor’s absence from the testing pool.

“Conor [likes to] publicly be in spats, whether it be Dana [White, UFC president] here and there, sponsors here and there, people who it doesn’t even make sense for him to be picking fights with, different weight classes, different organisations, all kinds of stuff.

“It’s all just a big show. I don’t know what the understanding is. I could see it very well being just two clean tests [that McGregor needs to compete]. I have no problem with it being two clean tests, I could [not] care less. If you do two clean tests, sounds to me like you’re clean.

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“At this point, who am I to say what the stipulations are? I’m ready for him to be cleared or at least get that answer. At this point, we don’t have an answer.”

Athletes must have zero positive tests and have participated in Usada's testing pool for at least six months in order to compete in the UFC. McGregor, however, suggested he could be exempt from this rule.

“Ultimately, all I gotta do is leave it up to how it’s supposed to happen,” Chandler added.

“At this point, I’m believing we’re going to fight later on this fall, maybe winter at the latest. We’ll see what happens.”

Both McGregor and Chandler normally compete at lightweight. Although, both fighters are open for the bout to take place at welterweight.

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