Conor McGregor posted a screenshot of what seems to be a DM request from Dustin Poirier's wife on social media. And now there is drama.
When it comes to large-scale prize fights, there are some opponents who have interaction in numerous trash communicate sooner than the bout in an attempt to get inside in their opponent's head. Some warring parties are higher at doing this than others.
Muhammad Ali is also considered the best of all time at self-hyping and trash talk, particularly in the case of backing it up within the ring. Conor McGregor, when he's in "mystic" mode, has also made a sexy excellent occupation for himself doing just that.
It seems he's getting back to his "savage" tactics because he recently posted an alleged DM request from Dustin Poirier's wife, Jolie.
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What was in the DM request from Dustin Poirier's wife to Conor McGregor?
There really hasn't been another context provided for the DM request that Jolie allegedly sent Conor, and the Irishman hasn't equipped any further data at the posted screenshot image. Heck, he didn't even attach a caption to the upload and when asked concerning the screenshot, all he said was, "You'd have to ask her, I haven't a clue. You'd have to ask her. We don't play that game, you know? Another man's wife."
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Sportskeeda stories that Poirier and his wife Jolie laughed off the publish from Conor because it used to be fabricated. In an interview with BT Sport, Dustin used to be speaking with Michael Bisping in regards to the trash-talking from Conor, declaring that within the combat sport, pretty much anything is going, especially within the lead as much as a big struggle.
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"If it was real and my wife was messaging him or something like that then it's a good move," he said. "But if it's fabricated or ... so you know, me and my wife were laughing about it yesterday when I was at the grocery store. But it's just ... there's no holds barred in the (expletive)-talking, so."
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Dustin Poirier's wife, Jolie, despatched a strong message to Conor McGregor after the UFC 264 bout.
UFC Welterweight Michael Chiesa tweeted a screenshot of Jolie Poirier flipping Conor the fowl after his doctor's stoppage loss. McGregor doubled down at the DM being actual previous to the combat, after Poirier pointed out the Irish pugilist's waning trash talking skills. Warning: unsavory language beneath.
Your wife wants to look the hair around my dick and balls bro. See what that’s like. It’s real the message request mate, no trash talk. Man to guy, it’s fucked up! I observed your interview with Mike you suppose it was fake. It’s now not.
Have a suppose on it in the sauna anyway.
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Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier's battle at UFC 264 was their third match-up.
Their first bout used to be contested at featherweight (one hundred forty five lbs.) and their 2d and 3rd can be at a hundred and fifty five lbs. Leading up to their second combat, McGregor reportedly stated that he was looking past Dustin as he trained for a possible bout in opposition to Manny Pacquiao. For UFC 264 he stated he deserted boxing for excellent and strictly skilled blended martial arts.
Close friend and coaching partner of McGregor Artem Lobov has said that the Irishman didn't give Dustin enough "respect" going into the bout however believes the 3rd match-up goes to be different. Per BJPenn.com, he stated, "To be honest, it’s not even that he wasn’t fully focused or anything. He just probably didn’t give Dustin the respect that he deserved."
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"He was more thinking about boxing Manny (Pacquiao) straight after the fight and was already getting ready for that because he saw that as the challenge, and Dustin was just going to be a warm-up fight," he continued. "Obviously, it didn’t work out that way. Dustin did his homework, and he’s improved a lot."
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Lobov stated that he sees Conor decisively ending the struggle within the first round. "I see the fight going the way it was already going to go, the way the first fight went. I see Conor stopping Dustin early in this fight. I see Conor stopping him in the first round," he said.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov, who has a slightly good history of predicting fights, perceived to echo Lobov's statements, however with an addendum: If Conor doesn't finish the fight inside the first spherical, then Dustin will win.
Khabib was proper about Dustin successful: Conor suffered a grisly leg/ankle damage within the first round.
It's unclear as to what caused the out-of-nowhere ankle wreck, on the other hand, many are pointing to defensive leg checking maneuvers from Dustin as being the culprit. The judges scorecards all indicated that the bout was going in want of "The Diamond" ahead of Conor's ankle gave out underneath him and snapped.
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