The recent inclusion into the featherweight title bout controversy between UFC President Dana White and Henry Cejudo is Conor McGregor.
‘Mystic Mac’ chimed into the controversy after UFC President Dana White clarified that ‘Triple C’ is going nowhere near the featherweight title. Soon enough, the Irishman logged into his Twitter account and aimed at Cejudo with a ‘Little Fart’ claim.
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Now, Cejudo and his Egyptian-American manager, Ali Abdelaziz, have fired right back at the former double champion.
In a recent tweet, Ali called McGregor a chicken and disgraced him even further, “@TheNotoriousMMA It’s not even qualify to shine your shoes He have a chicken heart”
He wouldn’t even finish shining my size 5 1/2 shoe because he would gas out. 👟🏆🏆🏆 https://t.co/JaD49gBtwD
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) January 17, 2022
Later, the former Olympic Gold medalist joined his manager to add fuel to the fire with a reply. “He wouldn’t even finish shining my size 5 1/2 shoe because he would gas out,” Cejudo tweeted.
These verbal attacks between the former double champions of the UFC come after UFC Vegas 46. After the head honcho, Dana White gave a strict no to Henry Cejudo’s demand for a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski.
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Cejudo decided to try his luck, as he compared himself to Conor McGregor and former UFC professional Paige VanZant. However, his demands fell on deaf ears. But it made McGregor take notice and then all hell went loose.
Conor McGregor was the highest-paid athlete per-minute in 2021
UFC superstar Conor McGregor recently added another feather to his cap. The Irish Mixed Martial Artist walked into 2022 as the highest-paid athlete per-minute of 2021.
While doing so, he beat the likes of the global soccer phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo, NFL legend Tom Brady, and boxing elite Canelo Alvarez.
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Chiefly, when other superstars earned $18k to $444k per minute, McGregor was out shadowing them all with a huge number of $8.6 Million per minute.
The Irishman himself reacted to the crazy number with amazement as he shared it on Instagram. He captioned the graphic, “Wow! $8.6m a minute in 2021.”
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