If you don’t know the name Conor McGregor by now, then we’re not sure what to tell you.
The Irishman has taken the MMA world by storm since recording a 67-second TKO on his UFC debut against Marcus Brimage a little over three years.
On Wednesday night, The Notorious marked the date with a reminder to all that he is still the king-maker.
The Dubliner has been uncharacteristically quiet on social media after tapping out to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, but he was back to his trolling best as he marked the occasion.
3 years ago today, I began my crusade to take all you bums from 5 figure paydays to multi seven figure paydays.
And not even a thank you.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 6, 2016
McGregor is being typically verbose but he has a point.
UFC stars such as Diaz, Demetrious Johnson, Donald Cerrone and many, many more have all spoken about wanting McGregor-type pay-days for their fights. By headlining major events, McGregor has helped breach attendance and pay-per-view records for the promotion.
With a cock-sure statement like McGregor’s, there were always going to be some UFC fighters out there that reacted.
Rory MacDonald took the tweet in good humour.
https://twitter.com/rory_macdonald/status/717828610900541440
@rory_macdonald @TheNotoriousMMA 😂😂😂
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) April 6, 2016
Light heavyweight Ilir Latifi also made his debut at that UFC event in Iceland and shared McGregor some love.
@TheNotoriousMMA april 6th 💪🏻
— Ilir Latifi (@Latifimma) April 7, 2016
Former UFC fighter Nathan Quarry took a serious tone but no McGregor retweet has been forthcoming.
@TheNotoriousMMA then you support @mmafa, the UFC lawsuit and changing the Ali Act to cover MMA. Feel free to retweet this to show support.
— Nathan Quarry (@NateRockQuarry) April 6, 2016
Aside from that, this image featured prominently in the hundreds and hundreds of fan replies:
https://twitter.com/REALMIKEM00RE/status/717825681623638016
This, however, was our favourite response:
