What did Cristiano Ronaldo say about his uncomfortable interaction with Conor McGregor in Saudi Arabia?

Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo reacts on his uncomfortable interaction with former UFC champion Notorious Conor McGregor...

Updated on Dec 26, 2023  |  10:51 AM IST |  334.3K
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Image Courtesy : Instagram

Conor McGregor and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of the biggest faces of sports in the world. Cristiano Ronaldo is unarguably one of the best soccer players of all time and he is widely regarded as the legend of the sport.

On the other hand, Conor McGregor is a mixed martial artist who is popularly known as the face of the UFC. He captured UFC championships in two weight classes: featherweight and lightweight. And he is the only UFC fighter to hold two championships at the same time.

Some of the biggest names in sports appeared at the Saudi boxing event, Day of Reckoning, including Ronaldo and McGregor.

Both sports megastars were sitting near the ringside. A video went viral where Conor McGregor came and sat near Ronaldo and started talking and in the end, he compared his watch with his own. And Ronaldo was just sitting there. 

Fans started making memes on the viral uncomfortable clip of McGregor and Ronaldo and commenting.

A fan by the name of AJ posted, "Ronaldo is thinking where's Khabib at.” 

Another fan by the name of TM “Ronaldo is thinking God will save me.”

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Another fan reacted and expressed, "Ronaldo is looking so uncomfortable.” 

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Ronaldo reacts to his uncomfortable interaction with Conor McGregor 

Ronaldo has now reacted to the uncomfortable viral interaction with the notorious Conor McGregor. Ronaldo has posted a picture of him with Conor McGregor laughing on his Instagram. And she wrote a caption, “Best caption wins,” indirectly confirming that her interaction with McGregor was uncomfortable.

McGregor has been out of Octagon for the last 2 years; he last competed in 2021 against Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier in a trilogy match at UFC 264. 

Poirier vs McGregor 3 ended in an unusual way after the 155-pound king, broke his leg in round one of the fight.

McGregor got surgery for his injury and has been in rehab for the last two years. He recently entered the UFC’s anti-drug program. 

The Notorious One is expected to make his return to the UFC next year, in 2024. According to some reports and rumors, McGregor will make his return to the UFC at UFC 300. 


He is expected to face former Bellator lightweight champion and current UFC star Michael Chandler.

Iron Chandler called out McGregor after he knocked out Tony Ferguson at UFC 274.

“Conor McGregor, you’ve got to come back and fight somebody. I am the most entertaining lightweight on the planet. But I want to up the stakes, Conor. I want you at your biggest, I want you at your baddest and I want you at your best. You and me at 170 this summer, this fall, this winter.”

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