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Conor McGregor announced on social media Thursday that his fiancée, Dee Devlin, gave birth to a baby boy.

Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA

My baby boy is born! Mammy and baby doing amazing, 8.1lbs of prime Irish double champion beef! ❤️🙏

Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA

Up early tomorrow to bring our new baby boy in to this world, say a prayer for us! Let's go Mammy 🥰🙏☘️ <a href="https://t.co/nxiKB2n8WC">pic.twitter.com/nxiKB2n8WC</a>

The former UFC star, who hasn't fought in the Octagon since July 2021, has found himself at the center of another controversy in recent days after Irish authorities accused him of inciting riots with social media posts critical of the Irish government and suggesting that the country was at war.

Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA

Ireland, we are at war.

McGregor, who has said he doesn't condone the violence that occurred in anti-migrant riots in the country after a stabbing attack on children was rumored to have been done by a foreigner—the suspect was a "naturalized Irish citizen originally from Algeria," per Rory Carroll of the Guardian—has been vocally opposed to non-nationals voting in Irish elections.

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