Conor McGregor has surprisingly heaped praise on Islam Makhachev having branded him a "waffler" prior to his UFC 284 win.
The Irishman has remained active on social media despite having not competed in the UFC since July 2021, where he has frequently traded verbal barbs with a number of fighters on the roster. This includes with UFC lightweight champion Makhachev who touched gloves with Alexander Volkanovski in Australia last weekend.
It was recognised by the UFC rankings that Makhachev and Volkanovski were the pound-for-pound two leading fighters ahead of their main event clash but McGregor was left unimpressed with the claim. He wrote on Twitter prior to the match-up: "Pound-for-pound wafflers."
