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 principle card. Aside from the principle occasion, which noticed Francis Ngannou rating a formidable knockout in his MMA return, 4 of the highest 5 fights on the lineup went to the scorecards and one combat particularly drew McGregor’s ire.
Eblen efficiently defended his middleweight title in a rematch with Fabian Edwards, however the five-round resolution 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 combat sport” to “The shame of the combat sport”
He embodies actually all the pieces I don’t wish 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 combat sport’ to ‘The shame of the combat sport,’ Eblen wrote on social media. “He embodies actually all the pieces I don’t wish to be as a person or as a human. What a humiliation. It’s giving Icarus.”
Bro the combat was absolute poo, that’s it.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 23, 2024
To that, McGregor responded, “Bro the combat was absolute poo, that’s it.”
Eblen at the moment sports activities a 16-0 report and has made a reputation for himself as the perfect middleweight on this 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 in recent times. “Infamous” has only one win prior 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 combat since July 2021, when he broke his leg in a combat 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 as a result of harm.
