Conor McGregor deletes sick social media joke after Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson

Conor McGregor joked that Jake Paul would present look to combat Prichard Colon - who is paralysed aft being successful a coma - earlier deleting his societal media station amid immense criticism

Conor McGregor has deleted a sick societal media station whereby helium joked that Jake Paul volition look to combat Prichard Colon - who is present paralysed.

The Irishman has since deleted his post, which was viewed by immense numbers, galore of whom went backmost astatine the UFC fighter. It comes aft Paul extended his awesome grounds successful the ringing to 11-1, by seeing disconnected Mike Tyson, whom he bushed connected points.

The YouTuber turned boxer has copped disapproval successful the past for the opponents helium chooses to fights. Paul is yet to combat an elite boxer oregon MMA jock successful their premier with galore of them taking him connected erstwhile their champion days are beyond them; with Tyson it was a akin communicative and during the main event, many successful the assemblage successful Dallas voted with their feet and near the arena.

Based connected that McGregor has joked that Colon volition beryllium the adjacent antheral successful his radar. He said connected societal media: "They are eyeing Prichard Colon for adjacent opponent."

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Colon is paralysed, having suffered a encephalon haemorrhage aft his combat with Terrel Williams successful 2015. The Puerto Rican was placed into a coma for 221 days, aft which helium was moved from the infirmary and placed successful his mother's location successful Orlando, Florida.

Paul's victory implicit Tyson came aft 8 rounds with the youngster getting the motion connected points. He had vowed to knockout retired the erstwhile heavyweight, who is 31 years older, but failed to bash truthful and has deed backmost astatine those criticising him connected societal media.

He said: "I tried to springiness the champion combat I perchance could, but erstwhile someone's conscionable surviving successful the ring, fundamentally it's hard to marque it exciting. So I couldn't truly get him to prosecute maine oregon gaffe shots and bash thing ace chill oregon whatever, but I don't attraction astir what radical person to say. They're ever going to person thing to accidental and that it is what it is."

Paul added: "People conscionable emotion to hatred me. I'm casual to hatred and I intentionally accidental things to marque radical hatred me. I play the heel, I provender into that, and that's conscionable what I similar to bash and that's what amusement is. And astatine the extremity of the day, I started arsenic a 17-year-old successful Los Angeles successful the amusement business.

"But I've been successful this athletics for 4 and a fractional years and person been truthful progressive doing each event, taking immoderate combat possible. So if radical privation to spot much oregon this situation oregon combat this person, immoderate it is, my effect to them is conscionable springiness him a mates much months.

"I'm going to execute much things successful conscionable a substance of months and I program connected doing everything successful this athletics that determination is to beryllium done."