Conor McGregor—in no unsure phrases—isn’t a fan of Johnny Eblen.
Throughout this previous Saturday’s PFL Battle of the Giants occasion, McGregor spent a lot of his time on social media roasting the motion on the primary card. Except the primary occasion, which noticed Francis Ngannou rating a powerful knockout in his MMA return, 4 of the highest 5 fights on the lineup went to the scorecards and one struggle particularly drew McGregor’s ire.
Eblen efficiently defended his middleweight title in a rematch with Fabian Edwards, however the five-round choice victory had McGregor mocking the champion’s workmanlike effort. On Tuesday, Eblen tweeted a critique of McGregor, which the UFC star has since responded to.
Conor went from “The face of the struggle recreation” to “The shame of the struggle recreation”
He embodies actually every little thing I don’t need to be as a person or as a human. What a humiliation. It’s giving Icarus.
— Johnny Eblen (@JohnnyEblen) October 22, 2024
“Conor went from ‘The face of the struggle recreation’ to ‘The shame of the struggle recreation,’ Eblen wrote on social media. “He embodies actually every little thing I don’t need to be as a person or as a human. What a humiliation. It’s giving Icarus.”
Bro the struggle was absolute poo, that’s it.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 23, 2024
To that, McGregor responded, “Bro the struggle was absolute poo, that’s it.”
Eblen at present sports activities a 16-0 document and has made a reputation for himself as one of the best middleweight on the planet exterior of the UFC. He entered Battle of the Giants holding the No. 5 spot at 185 kilos within the MMA Combating World Rankings.
His criticism of McGregor stems from the previous two-division champion’s lack of success and inactivity lately. “Infamous” has only one win up to now eight years, with Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier, and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. all handing him defeats.
McGregor has had loads of time to have interaction in public feuds as he awaits his first struggle since July 2021, when he broke his leg in a struggle towards Poirier at UFC 264. The 36-year-old was to make his comeback towards rival Michael Chandler at UFC this previous June, however was compelled to withdraw attributable to harm.
UPDATE: The 2 have continued to travel on social media.
Bro watching your downfall has been poo. You give me second hand embarrassment. You suck the life out of any inspiration you’ve sprung. Cash and fame isn’t what it’s reduce out to be eh? https://t.co/f5WvHVoAyt
— Johnny Eblen (@JohnnyEblen) October 23, 2024
Suck my balls via my drawers bro you’re a holding on bum bitch no one. Scent ya later
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 23, 2024
McGregor additionally uploaded a clip of himself sarcastically mocking the Eblen-Edwards struggle.
