UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk sends supportive message to Conor McGregor following defeat

Joanna Jedrzejczyk to Conor McGregor's haters - drink your hatorade.

When Conor McGregor suffered his first UFC loss thanks when Nate Diaz locked in that rear-naked choke, the vultures began circling, ready to pick at the downed fighter's carcass. Well, women's strawweight champion Jedrzejczyk has reached out to the Notorious on Instagram following UFC 196 and she has a simple message for him. Ignore the detractors. Joanna Champion praised the Irish UFC star for the success he has enjoyed so far in the sport and the promotion, adding that a loss won't tarnish his legacy.

  "Never forget that the lions should never lose sleep over the opinion of the sheep (not about fans)"

Fot. @erhfoto Whenever you achieve something big, when you have Success in a scale that Has never been reached in your field There will always be haters, There will be people Rooting for you to fail but know that the people that really understand the sport And the business look up to you And for the work that you have done No Result will erase the legacy you have built Never forget that the lions should never lose sleep over the opinion of the sheep (not about fans) I DO RESPECT ALL THE FIGHTERS!! Congratulations to @natediaz209 who did an amazing job! @ufc @ufceurope @thenotoriousmma #ufc #ufc196 #weareallone

A photo posted by Joanna (@joannajedrzejczyk) on Mar 9, 2016 at 5:22pm PST