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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 25: Conor McGregor is seen during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at on May 25, 2022 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/GC Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 25: Conor McGregor is seen during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at on May 25, 2022 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/GC Images)
UFC superstar, Conor McGregor, surely loves to kick up a storm. In fact, he had a few choice words to say about Islam Makhachev’s recent victory against Charles Oliveira. This statement in turn quickly caught the eye of Jake Paul. ‘The Problem Child’ went on to call McGregor out for his statement, drawing the ire of fans in the process.
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Makhachev faced Oliveira at UFC 280, in Abu Dhabi, on October 22, 2022. He went on to win the bout by submission via an arm-triangle choke. In victory, he won the vacant UFC lightweight championship. Moreover, he also won the performance of the night.
Conor McGregor believes he has the tools to counter Islam Makhachev's style 👀 #UFC280 pic.twitter.com/DK1WjL5qAz
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 23, 2022
In a now-deleted tweet, McGregor took a sly swipe at Makhachev. While he initially praised the phenom from Dagestan for his performance. He went on to mention that he has acquired the tools to beat his style.
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LAS VEGAS, CA – OCTOBER 06: Referee Herb Dean separates Conor McGregor, left, and Khabib Nurmagomedov during their fight at UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Friday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Digital First Media/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
McGregor even went on to detail a few moves that he would incorporate for the same. Notably, McGregor faced Makhachev’s trainer, Khabib Nurmagomedov, in 2018. However, he ended up losing the bout by submission.
Only tools he has built are twitter fingers. Islam would Khabib him in one round. Hence why he deleted his tweets. https://t.co/vr5UOxpHkk
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 23, 2022
McGregor’s statement did not sit well with Jake Paul. He went on to call out McGregor for his statement. Paul mentioned that Makhachev will obliterate McGregor in the very first round.
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Moreover, he accused McGregor of deleting his tweets.
Fans question Jake Paul for his statement about Conor McGregor
Fans were not too happy with the fact that Jake Paul called Conor McGregor out. And a lot of fans took to social media to share their thoughts.
All 800 UFC fighters, nobody has balls to beat one Dagestan guy.
— Brad Chauhan (@BradChauhan12) October 23, 2022
User, @BradChauhan12, was quick to mention that none of the fighters in the UFC would dare challenge Makhachev.
Conor will easily run his mouth like this especially when he’s not even in the USUDA testing pool.
— Adam (@Adam15101658) October 23, 2022
Similarly, user, @Adam15101658, mentioned that McGregor was challenging Makhachev even though he was not a part of the testing pool.
didnt conor get up from khabib's takedowns? and defend some of them? i doubt old mate is better then khabib and as we see with mcgregor, if he loses the first he always comes back in the second
— Jade, yes THAT Jade (@BigBroJade_) October 23, 2022
I call it now @TheNotoriousMMA will beat islam forcing Khabib to come out of retirement which he will then give him his 1st loss and reclaim his throne.
— 🅿️🅰️✝️ (@F0LL0WG0D) October 23, 2022
Meanwhile, a few fans were quick to extend their support to McGregor.
No that’s what you are, your career doesn’t even come close to staking up to his
— Jason derulo (@thegoatjordt) October 23, 2022
What are you going to say about that? literally your entire boxing career is to say that you beat world boxing champions without even beating a boxer
— FranksitoMMA 🐐 (@FrankiVzla) October 23, 2022
Just like a real boxer will knock you out in the first round
— world series champions (@itss_ernie) October 23, 2022
However, a few fans thought that Paul had no say in MMA. And also stated that he would stand no chance against a ‘real boxer’.
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I agree, but it's time to concentrate on your current opponent! Not future considerations!
— Caper Jae (@CaperJAE) October 23, 2022
In the same vein, user, @CaperJAE, asked Paul to focus on his upcoming fight before picking new ones.
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