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Darragh Culhane

Fans hit out at UFC over latest Conor McGregor decision

Fans have hit out at Conor McGregor's inclusion in the UFC's latest cover photo.

The UFC posted a photo of some of their top fighters with McGregor making the cut.

But the Dublin fighter is currently inactive after suffering a horror leg break against Dustin Poirier earlier this year.

McGregor lost both of his fights in 2021 when he was convincingly beaten last January to Dustin Poirier and his summer bout against the same fighter ended in another loss as McGregor broke his leg.

But fans were not happy with McGregor's inclusion.

One social media user wrote: "If Conor is here, where is Joanna? If Pimblet is here where is Gamrot? If Till is here where is Prochazka, Rakic?"

The UFC's new cover photo (UFC)

While another said: "What's the point of having him there?"

But many users defender, McGregor decision to be included with one user writing: "Conor should be middle of that picture. [He] is still ufc's biggest cashcow who gets most ppv buys and ufc is really mostly business not olympics where only performance matters.

"If you dont want to see Conor in middle or getting title-shots then stop buying his ppv's."

While another said: "He’s the greatest competitor and the biggest star the sport has ever produced"

And another added: "He brought the sport into the spot light. Pay rises for all the fighters."

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