10 UFC fighters with the most Instagram followers

#1 Conor McGregor – 24.4m followers

Given he’s essentially transcended the sport of MMA, it’s hardly a surprise that it’s Conor McGregor who tops this list – by almost 20 million followers, too. When McGregor claims that he’s the most popular combat sports athlete in the world today if we go by Instagram popularity he might be telling the truth. He’s got even more followers than his recent opponent Floyd Mayweather, who lags behind the Irishman with 20.6m followers.

McGregor’s Instagram is a pretty simple place, too – almost all of his photos are accompanied by a simple quip or one-word caption, usually witty and quite often with a hidden message – a post from May with the caption “Keep your dukes up when you see me...see you soon” could’ve been aimed at anyone from Tony Ferguson to Khabib Nurmagomedov – but it was clearly aimed at someone.

Despite the controversy that constantly surrounds ‘The Notorious One’, he clearly remains the hottest property on the UFC roster – which is why Dana White and the crew will be desperate for him to fight again in 2018.

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