Khabib Nurmagomedov's coach says Conor McGregor is out of control and is losing the respect of MMA

• Conor McGregor's recent behavior continues to attract backlash.
• Khabib Nurmagomedov's MMA coach Javier Mendez said the Irishman is out of control.
• McGregor had recently mocked the death of Nurmagomedov's father.

Conor McGregor's recent antics continue to attract condemnation and ire from the combat sports community.

The former UFC two-weight champion in July appeared to mock the death of esteemed MMA coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, who passed away aged 57 in 2020 after coronavirus complications.

It followed a comment from Khabib Nurmagomedov, Abdulmanap's famous son, who said: "Good always defeats evil," after watching Dustin Poirier destroy McGregor for the second time this year.

In a tweet which has since been removed from the platform, McGregor said: "Covid is good and father is evil?"

Nurmagomedov's long-time coach Javier Mendez, who runs the world-famous American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, said McGregor may be tweeting out of anger.

On the "Real Quick with Mick Swick" podcast, Mendez said: "He's got all the money but he doesn't have the one thing he used to have: The respect of the whole world as a fighter.

"Maybe he's angry because he doesn't have that anymore. I just know he should have never texted those words, ever.

"Who should like him for a comment like that? How many people do you know, lost their family, lost their business, lost everything because of COVID, and you make fun of it? You say COVID good, father evil? Are you kidding me?"

Mendez went on to call McGregor an "idiot" who is digging a metaphorical knife into people's hearts.

"He's out of control," Mendez said, adding: "He's flat-out an idiot."

"And this has nothing to do with Khabib's father," he continued.

"This has nothing to do with those comments on COVID. We already know what he thinks on Khabib. That's fine. But you make a comment like that, all the money in the world isn't going to allow you to get away with some of the stupid things you say."

Many have criticized McGregor of late

Khabib Nurmagomedov is already aware of what McGregor said about his father, and called him "evil" for making such comments.

"Only evil can talk about your father, like wife, kids, religion," he said earlier this month. "If you're a normal human, you're never going to talk about this stuff."

Nurmagomedov and Mendez are not the only people to call McGregor out on his behavior, though.

Throughout the week of his last fight, a first-round technical knockout because of doctor's stoppage to Poirier in July, McGregor made numerous death threats.

After seeing and hearing McGregor's wild and disturbing post-fight rant, Nurmagomedov said the fighter is "finished."

A former UFC champion called Rafael dos Anjos called McGregor "a little boy," while another former champion Dominick Cruz said the fighter just needed to "shut up."

One of MMA's most celebrated coaches, Firas Zahabi, even suggested those close to McGregor - like his coaches and friends - should stage an intervention.