After Gordon Ryan Does the Unexpected for Conor McGregor, Irishman Shoots a 4 Word Message to BJJ GOAT After WNO 20 Win

In the MMA community, Conor McGregor’s love for whiskey is no secret. The Irishman loves his beverage so much that he founded the Whiskey brand ‘Proper Twelve’, a venture that seems to be too personal for McGregor. But it looks like the Whiskey brand has a new fan, and it’s none other than submission grappling GOAT, Gordon Ryan.

Recently, the grappling master added another entry to his long list of victories after he beat long-time rival Patrick Gaudio in the main event of the recently concluded WNO 20 event. In his typical fashion, Ryan dominated his rival and finished Gaudio with an armbar. And to celebrate this feat, ‘The King’ pulled out a bottle of Proper Twelve. Something that seems to have garnered McGregor’s attention.

Conor McGregor congratulates Gordon Ryan after WNO 20 triumph

In one of his recent Instagram stories, Conor McGregor congratulated grappling legend Gordon Ryan. The former UFC two-division champion shared a picture of Ryan holding the Proper Twelve along with the caption, “Congrats on the win”. The picture of Ryan is from his WNO 20 post-fight interview, where the fighter can be seen pulling out the Proper Twelve bottle from a mystery box.

For those unaware, the grappler had been teasing this mystery box ever since the pre-fight press conference of the recently concluded event. ‘The King’ is known for predicting the submission that he will utilize to finish his opponent, and the fighter did just that here. This time, the Proper Twelve bottle was a reference to the armbar, the submission that sealed the deal for Ryan.

Just like Ryan, McGregor too is known for predicting his fights just how they go. The most famous of these predictions came before his title bout against Jose Aldo. So when Ryan ‘predicted these things’ along with a Proper Twelve bottle, it seems like a poetic instance that McGregor congratulated the alleged GOAT of No-Gi grappling.

McGregor has a new challenge from a fellow veteran

Ever since his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, Conor McGregor has not been seen inside the octagon. But this hasn’t stopped his fellow UFC stars from calling him out. The latest entry to this list? Former UFC lightweight interim champion and ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ winner Tony Ferguson. In one of his latest interviews with ESPN, Ferguson expressed his wish to face McGregor after his UFC 296 clash with Paddy Pimblett.

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After ‘Notorious’ became UFC Lightweight champion in 2016, then Interim champion El Cucuy was next in line to face him. But things took a different turn as the Irishman ended up vacating his belt. Now, years later, Ferguson wants to finally settle this unfinished business, but given the American’s recent losing streak, the chances of that happening don’t seem too bright.

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