![]() ![]() “Just coming back around after a whirlwind couple of days,” McGregor wrote on Instagram ) on Thursday, following his match against Mayweather. Today, McGregor has at least a dozen tattoos, and, despite his disappointing loss to Mayweather last weekend, is currently enjoying a meteoric rise in his sport. ![]() When Conor McGregor made his UFC debut in 2013, knocking out Marcus Brimage in their featherweight fight in Sweden, he was skinny and virtually tattoo-free. “I said ‘fuck it, I’m gonna get a tiger…’ I think it’s a courageous animal.” McGregor says of his gorilla tat, “I just like the way it looks,” and the same is true for the tiger tattoo on his abdomen, which the fighter reportedly got on a whim while vacationing in Venice. McGregor’s most noticeable tattoos are the ones on his chest and abdomen, the largest of which features a giant silverback gorilla wearing a crown and eating a heart on his chest. On his left forearm, he has on the outside, a stick-figure boxer, a gentleman wearing a top hat, and a rosebush with a clock showing 3:35pm, and on the inside, a dagger piercing a rose and the motto “slow is smooth, smooth is fast” inked just below the inside of his elbow. On the back of his neck, McGregor sports a winged crucifix, similar to David Beckham’s, with a helix of thorns that runs the entire length of his spine. “Arabic writing was a thing for a while, it was the cool thing to do. “It could mean anything,” he saysof the leg tattoo. So I like the Tiger and I decided to go and get it.Like so many other people, McGregor got his first-ever tattoo, a piece featuring Arabic writing on the back of his left leg, while he was drunk. The Tiger has been jumping out at me sometimes. In an interview, Conor was asked about his tiger tattoo, he replied, He studies the movement of animals and incorporates their styles of attacking in his training. Meaning: Conor believes that the tiger is a very courageous animal. The saying is a common motto of the special training units such as NAVY seals. Meaning: Conor Mcgregor has ‘SLOW IS SMOOTH, SMOOTH IS FAST’ inscribed just above his rose tattoo. A tiny cartoon wearing boxing gloves is also inked along with the rose bush tattoo. The back of the tattoo bears a figure of a gentleman wearing a top hat. The tattoo also has a large dagger through a separate rose on the inside. Meaning: Mcgregor has a rose bush along with a clock showing 3:35 pm (although the significance of which is unknown) inked on his left forearm. Tattoo: ‘Rose Bush’ Tattoo on his left forearm. I feel like I am the king Gorilla so I took the crown and I had him eat a heart. So I wanted to get something along with that line. The gym is the part of ‘Straight Blast Gym International.’ In an interview, Conor was asked about this tattoo, to which he replied, Straight Blast Gym-Ireland is a mixed martial arts academy in Dublin that has produced several UFC fighters and is run by John Kavanagh. Gorilla is the logo of ‘Straight Blast Gym-Ireland’ where Conor used to take mixed martial arts lessons from his head coach, John Kavanagh. ![]() Meaning: Conor got the tattoo of a ‘gorilla wearing a crown and eating a heart’ inked on his chest. Generally, it represents an homage to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Thorny helix tattoos have different meanings in different religions. Meaning: Just below his crucifix tattoo, Mcgregor has a helix of thorns going towards his lower back. Tattoo: ‘Thorny Helix’ Tattoo on his back that continues down his spine. I just want to swing a few lefts and a few rights for a couple of hundred mill in peace.” 3. He tweeted,į**k politics and f**k religion. On his Twitter account, he made a tweet regarding religion in 2015. Due to this tattoo, he is perceived as Catholic by religion, to which Mcgregor disapproves saying he does not believe in any religion. Meaning: A ‘Crucifix’ tattoo represents the ‘event of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion’, which has great importance in Christianity. Tattoo: ‘Crucifix’ Tattoo on the nape of his neck. Arabic writing was the thing for a while, it was the cool thing to do. Meaning: The UFC Star revealed that this tattoo was his first tattoo which he had got inked, but the meaning of this tattoo is not even known to him. Tattoo: ‘Arabic Writing’ Tattoo on his left heel. ![]()
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