Jake Paul shows off shiny new Conor McGregor necklace of knockout by Dustin Poirier

Leave it to Jake Paul to turn a meme into a shiny new piece of jewelry.

Ever since Paul knocked out former NBA star Nate Robinson last November, the YouTuber-turned-professional-boxer has done everything in his power to get Conor McGregor’s attention. Naturally that continued this week with a critical tweet of the former UFC two-division champion ahead of Saturday night’s UFC 264 trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier.

Speaking of which, Paul also teased that he had his jeweler custom make “a $100,000 diamond necklace” of the famous (or infamous) overhead shot from UFC 257 that shows McGregor out cold after being knocked out by Poirier this past January.

That frame has produced a number of internet memes from fans relishing McGregor’s demise. It’s also now produced the expensive necklace that Paul promised, which he showed off Saturday (via Instagram).

Of course, there also was a message.

“Hey, McGregor, you better win tonight, otherwise your career is over,” Paul said. “And if you lose, that $50 million bet I gave you won’t be on the table anymore. So don’t choke like you normally do. Sleepy McGregor, don’t go night-night.”

We’ll find out if there’s another instance of “McGregor sleep” tonight at UFC 264 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Can’t wait.

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