McGregor reminds Poirier, ‘I bounced your head off the canvas like a basketball’

Conor McGregor is back at it on Twitter...

Conor McGregor is back at it on Twitter, and this time the Irishman wanted to remind Dustin Poirier of the time he bounced his head off the canvas ‘like a basketball’ in their first matchup at UFC 178.

McGregor first baited Poirier by posting a video of the latter describing a street fight he got into with a stranger who started touching his wife.

And then, after Poirier took the bait, McGregor went into attack mode.

“Ye pal live on that one way back, I will too. I bounced your head off the canvas like a basketball. Your wife bro. The dm’s. Elbows into your dome. The soft part of the skull that doesn’t harden ever. From when you’re a baby. Drilled into your skull at 100mph. U slept on my bell,” McGregor, who lost the second two fights to Poirier to finish off their trilogy 1-2, replied.

The two continued to trade barbs but it was McGregor who —rather predictably — had to have the last word.

McGregor did win their first fight in impressive fashion, finishing Poirier via first-round TKO, but that was over six years ago and back when both men used to compete at featherweight. At lightweight, McGregor is 0-2 against Poirier, losing both fights via stoppage.

McGregor suffered a devastating, potentially career-threatening injury after breaking his leg against Poirier in their trilogy bout at UFC 264 but appears to be making a much speedier recovery than anticipated. He is expected to return to the octagon next year, likely towards the end of 2022.