Conor McGregor slams 'British spy' Arthur Guinness in furious Facebook rant

Conor McGregor has claimed that his Forged Stout is "rocket fuel for the mickey" as he launched an attack on "British spy" Arthur Guinness in a furious series of Facebook posts in a Guinness lovers' group.

The 35 year-old MMA fighter was due to come face-to-face with his next UFC opponent, Michael Chandler, at the 3Arena just weeks ahead of their scheduled bout at UFC 303. But in a brief statement in the early hours of Monday morning, the UFC announced that the event has been postponed.

Now it has emerged that McGregor spent a portion of yesterday evening slamming Ireland's most popular stout, Guinness, in one of many social media groups set up for fans of the drink. McGregor, who owns his own brand of stout brand 'Forged', posted a screenshot of an article written in Republican newspaper An Phoblacht in 2013, into the group just before 6:45pm.

The article, which was written in anticipation of Arthur's Day (September 26) of that year, recounts that Arthur Guinness was named as a suspected informer for the British Army. It says that a descendant of Mr Guinness donated to the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1913, while a boycott of Guinness products was in place briefly in some parts of the country.

It also claims that Guinness was one of the companies that took a dim stance on employees involved in, or sympathetic to, the Easter Rising of 1916, and "was one of a number of companies which dismissed staff suspected of involvement in the rebellion or sympathetic to those who took part".

McGregor used the screenshot to launch into a long-anti Guinness rant, which spanned a series of posts.

His first post began by making the claim that Arthur Guinness "was a spy for a foreign government hellbent on preventing the freedom of the nation of Ireland".

"Upon Ireland’s victory in the war Arthur was forced at gunpoint to turn his logo, the harp, inward, facing the wall, as the true Harp is the national emblem of Ireland! A country he actively funded against in an attempt to suppress its freedoms and prosperity. Check the harp on your Irish passport, it faces the correct way.

"Now check the harp on Arthurs door. It is facing inward toward the wall. This was at gun point he was made do this. So if you back this brand, you know what you are backing. It wouldn't be me anyway. Not ever. FORGED ARMY! Turn that logo to the wall YOU FOREIGN SPY!"

Another post read: "Greedy robbing b******s.

"Arthur Guinness was a rat for a foreign entity. Today his corporation hikes up prices every second month out of pure greed.

"Ask any of the publicans where you drink. They all despise them. Forged Stout is the working man's drink!

The series of posts continued, with Conor McGregor also saying: "Forged Stout is the working man’s drink! Real Stout. Real Prices. See you all cageside, Arthur could never."

The series of posts included one in which McGregor had gone to the Guinness Storehouse – but only "for a quick s***e". A photo was then shared of a female model wearing skimpy Forged-branded clothing.