Conor McGregor is the former UFC champion whose Joe Rogan rant is what my unemployed friend sends me every Monday. In November 2022, McGregor went on a Twitter tirade, rewatching his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov and posting a voice note mocking Rogan for calling one of his knees illegal. The knee to a grounded opponent is banned in mixed martial arts, but McGregor proudly named it “the springbok knee” and told Joe to shut up. Never mind that he lost by fourth-round submission in 2018. The explosive, ruthless energy of a man with nowhere to be is unmatched. In 2026, after his devastating knee injury against Max Holloway, these relentless online rants remain combat sports comedy gold. #ufc #funny #conormcgregor #joerogan
Conor McGregor's social media outbursts continue to draw attention, with a Monday-morning favorite among fans being his November 2022 Twitter tirade about Joe Rogan and the knee strike he threw in his UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
In that episode, McGregor rewatched the 2018 fight and posted a voice note mocking Rogan for describing one of his knees as illegal. A knee to a grounded opponent is banned in mixed martial arts, but McGregor embraced the label anyway, naming it "the springbok knee" and telling Rogan to shut up. The rant came years after he lost that fight by fourth-round submission.
The fighter behind the rants
McGregor, 38, is an Irish southpaw who trains with SBG Ireland. He holds a record of 22-7-0 and stands five-foot-nine (175 cm) with a 74-inch (188 cm) reach. His career numbers remain strong: he lands 5.27 significant strikes per minute at 49 percent accuracy, while averaging 0.66 takedowns and 0.1 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
His recent run explains why the clip keeps resurfacing. His most recent recorded fight was a first-round KO/TKO loss to Max Holloway at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026. Before that, his previous recorded outings were two defeats to Dustin Poirier in 2021: a second-round KO/TKO at UFC 257 in January and a first-round doctor's stoppage at UFC 264 in July. That is three recorded losses in a row, all by stoppage.
Why it matters
- McGregor has not won a recorded fight since before 2021, and all three of his most recent recorded bouts ended inside the distance.
- The UFC 229 loss to Nurmagomedov, the fight at the center of the rant, was a fourth-round submission defeat, a method that sits oddly against his modest 0.1 submission attempts per 15 minutes on offense.
- With his in-cage results trending downward, his online presence has become a major part of how fans engage with him.
The 2022 tirade stands as a reminder of how McGregor's personality has often traveled further than his results in recent years.
