Forbes feature on Conor McGregor claims he is responsible for the Irish persona being loathed

They also compare the UFC featherweight champion to Captain Jack Sparrow.

Just about every publication has had their say on Conor McGregor at this stage. Forbes is the latest to give their take on 'The Notorious'. The popular US business magazine, and online publication, has published a feature on McGregor that is interesting, to say the least. Reporter Andrew Brennan clearly has an underlying fascination with the MMA star but he states that many see him as 'a deplorable brigand'. He writes:

"Conor ‘the Notorious’ McGregor is a character that has garnered a seething and almost recidivistic return to loathing the Irish persona, but is he not the zeitgeist of a modern time? "A fighter that is an example of a generation wanting to challenge the status quo or rise above established restrictions."

Bizarrely, the article likens McGregor, a man from 'the fabled Emerald Isle', to Johnny Depp's Disney pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow.

"McGregor has docked into sporting media prominence much like Captain Jack Sparrow did in Port Royal, catching many eyes with his eclectic and eccentric movements yet slipping by unnoticed only to cause a ruckus given a short space of time."

Brennan notes McGregor's desire to have more of a say in UFC business dealings and predicts he will match Floyd Mayweather Jr for PPV numbers if he can remain undefeated in 2016 and 2017.

"We are witnessing a man triumph over external adversity but more impressively, internal doubt."

One thing is for sure. McGregor is turning heads the world over.