Conor McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, took to his official Twitter account to question the South African billionaire Elon Musk if he really intended to buy Twitter or just prove a point.

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A few months ago, the Tesla CEO proposed an offer to buy the social media platform Twitter for a whopping $44 billion and use it as a medium of free speech.

However, the deal is in jeopardy, as the Twitter board is yet to meet Musk’s demand, which is access to their firehose a real-time stream of over 500 million tweets posted every day.

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McGregor’s coach wrote on Twitter, Curious if @elonmusk ever intended to buy @Twitter, or just to highlight that it is mostly an echo chamber for a very narrow specific segment of society.”

“Although fun and oftentimes informative, remember it’s only a tiny percentage of people on it. I doubt your uncle cares,” Kavanagh added.

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Pointing at the lag in the deal, the head coach of Straight Blast Gym doubted if Musk wanted to acquire Twitter or just highlight how the platform is used by a specific segment of society.

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Conor McGregor returns to his home gym for MMA training

Conor McGregor is out of action for over a year now, after suffering a gruesome injury during his last outing. However, the Irish star has fully recovered and has expressed his interest in returning to the UFC soon.

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Earlier, McGregor was working just on his boxing skills because of his injury. However, over time he improved and even staring kicking the bags with his recovered leg. Now, he is back to training MMA in his home gym, Straight Blast Gym in Dublin, Ireland.

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‘The Notorious’ took to his official Instagram account and shared a few pictures from the training session.

McGregor’s fans have waited long to see the star back inside the cage. Therefore, this post just gave the fans hope for his earlier return to the UFC.

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When do you guys think will McGregor be back inside the cage? What are your thoughts on Kavanagh’s tweet? Let us know in the comments section below.

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