Fitzpatrick was once mistaken for Conor McGregor at Mall of America

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick lit up social media with his postgame attire Sunday - a look that had many comparing him to UFC star Conor McGregor.

Ryan Fitzpatrick is slowly morphing into Conor McGregor pic.twitter.com/Hvs4d2LoGb

- Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) September 16, 2018

As Fitzpatrick shared with "The Dan Patrick Show" on Tuesday, he's actually had people mistake him for McGregor.

"The first time I heard it was last year. We were playing Minnesota, so I was walking around the Mall of America with Garrison Sanborn, and Bryan Anger and Nick Folk, and somebody came up to me and started talking to me about my fight with (Floyd) Mayweather," Fitzpatrick said. "And it took me a minute, I didn't really know what they were talking to. Then when they walked away, I came to the realization that they thought I was Conor McGregor, which, I think I'm a little bit probably bigger and chubbier than he is, but I'm OK with it I guess."

Fitzpatrick added that it wasn't his intention to dress up like McGregor on Sunday.

"It wasn't even my intent or thought going into that interview, but I get it with the side-by-sides now," he said.

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