UFC Star Claims He’s Richer Than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo After Embarrassing Baseball Pitch
- Conor McGregor has thrown shades at football superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the Forbes’ rich list
- The UFC fighter launched an embarrassing baseball pitch, and instead of him to admit, he ranted about his wealth
- According to him, he deserves a much higher position on the latest Forbes’ rich list ahead of the football superstars
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Right after an embarrassing baseball pitch during the week, UFC star Conor McGregor, boasted that he is richer that football legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
SPORTbible are reporting that the Notorious One delivered a poor first pitch before a Chicago Cubs game and then made such huge claims.
It was gathered that his throw was tame that it was compared with that of 50 Cent after the famous rapper received the same honour during a New York Mets game last year.
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McGregor, instead from taking the jokes, launched a brutal rant about his wealth saying he deserved a higher position on the Forbes rich list ahead of Messi and Ronaldo.
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He said via Pundit Arena:
"Picture to picture alone buries this. Mine, bar the accuracy, was the most powerful and fastest first pitch of any of these other athletes/ artist over the years. No comparison."
His rant then took a turn, with McGregor mentioning his superior ranking on the Forbes rich list.
He continued:
"Smoke them up and down that Forbes I do. Get Messi over. Smoked. Cris. Smoked. Federer. Doubled. All time Most Power!
"Put me in the Wrigley hall of fame for that rocket launch. Beside some of that nice red brick. Mahogany Oak Frame. Wimbledon lines in the grass."
McGregor and Machine Gun Kelly attack each other at MTV VMAs
Meanwhile, tt took efforts from security guards to separate Machine Gun Kelly and Conor McGregor after things got intense between the pair on the red carpet at the MTV VMAs.
The row sparked off after the Irishman attempted to take a photo with the 'My Bloody Valentine' singer outside Barclays Center.
It was gathered that Machine Gun Kelly denied the request and pushed the UFC star away and things got escalated after the fighter fell backwards.
How Ronaldo told UFC fighter he was heading to Manchester United
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that retired UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed that he already had prior notice of Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Premier League club Manchester United.
The 32-year-old stated that the Portuguese legend had informed him of his impending return to England a month earlier as the Russian believes United are the best place for the striker.
Khabib called it quits from professional UFC after his victory over Justin Gaerje and he has been linked to become a footballer as he was spotted signing a deal with Russian third tier side Legion Dynamo.
Source: YEN.com.gh
