CONOR McGREGOR flew out to Russia to observe the World Cup ultimate as a visitor of Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
The UFC fighter stated the Russian President had invited him to the sport, which noticed France beat Croatia 4-2, and described him as “one of many biggest leaders of our time”.
McGregor posted snaps of the pair collectively on his Instagram account, which has 24million followers.
He captioned the photograph of the 2 collectively: “At this time I used to be invited to the World Cup ultimate as a visitor of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“This man is among the biggest leaders of our time and I used to be honored to attend such a landmark occasion alongside him.
“At this time was an honor for me Mr. Putin. Thanks and congratulations on a tremendous World Cup.”
The pictures sparked outrage amongst his followers on Twitter.
These footage come simply after the UFC star despatched a message wishing France’s Paul Pogba luck within the ultimate.
He stated on Instagram: “What’s occurring, Paul? I simply needed to say better of luck for the World Cup ultimate tomorrow, my brother.”
Pogba is a giant fan of the MMA star from Dublin, and has been for a while.
McGregor final night time posted a video on Instagram dropping hints a few attainable struggle towards present light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The Infamous had been tipped to tackle Khabib earlier than an assault on the Russian’s workforce bus at UFC 223 put an finish to these plans in the interim.
The caption on the video learn: “My Russian compound is taking form.”
The well-produced movie exhibits McGregor travelling via Russia whereas sitting and laughing at the back of a luxurious automotive.
The 2 clashed again in April this 12 months which led to McGregor smashing up a bus backstage on the Barclays Middle in New York.
His actions prompted damage to fellow UFC fighters, and he’s ready to seek out out what his punishment might be from a New York courtroom.
He could be in Russia this weekend to kind out assembly Nurmagomedov within the cage for his UFC return.
SunSport reported late final night time how McGregor is ready to grow to be a dad for the second time.
Captioning a photograph of Conor on an expensive yacht in a white dressing robe, his accomplice Dee Devlin wrote: “Comfortable thirtieth birthday babe! Thanks for being you!
“Love you to bits from me, Conor jr and the bump.”
The couple have already got one son, Conor McGregor Jr, who’s one-year-old.