“How Embarrassing” – Combat Sports World Hits Back at Latest Conor McGregor-FIFA News

Conor McGregor is a UFC legend, who’s ‘Notorious’ for his antics. The 34-year-old has done several outlandish moves both inside and outside the Octagon, that have gained him a premium spot in pop culture.

Recently, EA Sports too, have recognized one of his iconic moves and added it to FIFA 23. Fans, however, claim its injustice to give McGregor credit for it…

UFC Legend Conor McGregor gets a nod from EA Sports in their latest game

Conor McGregor is an influential personality across the globe. ‘The Notorious’ has amassed a huge following through the way he talks and the way he walks. His walk has inspired EA Sports, the publishers of several iconic adaptations of sports to video games, to recreate it in their latest title, FIFA 23.

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‘The Billionaire strut’ is on FIFA’s list of iconic celebrations to perform after scoring a banger. Conor McGregor has owned the strut to be his own for a long time, but debate still ensues, claiming it is of the former owner of WWE, Vince McMahon.

The MacLife Official has posted a clip of the celebration on Instgram writing “Conor McGregor’s (@thenotoriousmma) iconic Billi Strut is now in FIFA! If you want to celebrate in the best way possible, hold L1/LB and down. Chants and cheers may not be compulsory, but are encouraged.”

Fans eventually brought Vince McMahon into the discussion.

Fan Reactions

Fans of the soccer game and the UFC legend shared their views in the comments section of the Instagram post. Speaking bluntly about the bad animations used by EA Sports. However, a lot of users pointed out that Vince McMahon made the celebration famous throughout his days in the WWE, and Conor McGregor just recreated it for the modern audience.

• “Criminally poor animation” 
• “Of all the goals to show 😂👏🏼”
• “The worst billi strut I’ve ever seen”
• “How embarrassing”
• “yikes”
• “That’s the worst rendition I’ve seen”
  
• “Awh hell naw lol”
  
• “this aint the bulli strut this is the five dollar strut 😭😭😭”
• “Looks like the knock off version”
  
• “Butchered it”
  
• “Naw that’s the milli strut” 
• “This is Vince McMahons strut let’s be honest 😂” 
• “Always been Vince McMahons!” 
• “Cmon now this is Vinces not connors”
• “Conor McGregor’s? He literally got it from Vince…”
• This billi strut is trash
  

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What is your interpretation of the new celebration?