Conor McGregor is such a bizarre and larger than life personality it might be hard to portray him perhaps more accurately and seem any crazier than he appears to be in public, so it’s understandable why the Saturday Night Live staff went the direction they did.
While he could have just dropped a dozen f-bombs and likely gotten the same reaction, Alex Moffat instead opted for the Irish stereotype approach, which definitely got some laughs from the Weekend Update: Summer Edition crowd.
To his credit, Moffat did shave down the sides of his hair a little more than he has in the past to better sell the impersonation, so one might hope McGregor acknowledges and respects his commitment should he have any ill will towards the comedian following the on-air mockery.