Conor McGregor is decided to bounce again after dropping 500k on Ngannou to lose by knockout.
Forward of the previous UFC heavyweight champion’s PFL debut on Saturday evening in Riyadh, ‘Mystic Mac’ positioned a half-million greenback guess on Ngannou’s opponent, Renan Ferreira, to win the ‘Battle of the Giants’ headliner through KO.
“The Mac is again together with his profitable bets. I’ve a 100% profitable ratio on these bets. Ngannou is shedding by KO tonight. 12/5 the Brazilian is to knock him out and I’m placing half one million on it and I’m going to win again $1.7million. That’s it. It’s a ruthless enterprise and I’m a ruthless man,” McGregor stated in a voice be aware on X.
Sadly for McGregor, issues didn’t play out how he’d hoped.
Ngannou pummeled Ferreira for 3 and a half minutes earlier than the referee lastly stepped in and referred to as for the stoppage, handing ‘The Predator’ his first win in blended martial arts since his lone UFC title protection in opposition to Ciryl Gane in January 2022.
Conor McGregor reacts to 500k loss
Reacting to the loss, McGregor made it clear that he wasn’t sweating the $500,000 and that he’d get each greenback again earlier than lengthy.
“THE RICH GET RICHER I’LL GET THAT BACK,” McGregor wrote in a since-deleted submit.
Earlier this month, McGregor banked $1.2 million on Alex Pereira’s profitable title protection in opposition to Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 to finish through knockout. ‘Poatan’ completed ‘The Warfare Horse’ within the waning moments of the fourth spherical. It was Pereira’s third protection of the middleweight strap in 2024, the primary two coming in opposition to Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 and Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303.
