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“I Gave Floyd Mayweather a Black Eye” – Deji Let’s Conor McGregor Know About His Boxing Achievement as the UFC Legend Recently Took a Sly Dig at His Older Brother KSI

Published 12/23/2022, 12:30 PM EST

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When in a feud, family and close ones are the first to come for help. KSI and his younger brother Deji are setting brother goals recently after the older Olatunji brother got into a feud with the UFC two-time champion Conor McGregor.

KSI is no stranger to getting into feuds with other famous personalities. In the past, he had troubles with Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Alex Wassabi, and many more. Recently, the 29-year-old YouTuber is exchanging digs with the MMA fighter Dillon Danis.

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The trash-talking on Dillon Danis led KSI  into a feud with the UFC legend Conor McGregor. Danish used to be a former training partner for the two-time champion. But KSI also got support from his younger brother, who took a dig a McGregor in return.

Deji takes a dig at Conor McGregor

KSI recently made a statement that he would beat down Dillon Danis in their upcoming boxing bout on January 14 at the OVO Arena. It led Conor McGregor to reply to the English content creator. The two-time UFC champion claimed not to care about this nothing burger match.”

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The 34-year-old further advised his former training partner to not waste time in such matches and focus on his MMA career. But many didn’t like McGregor dissing the event and reminded the UFC star about having a similar kind of match against the boxing legend Floy Mayweather.

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Even KSI’s younger brother, Deji, stepped into the feud to back his brother. The 26-year-old reminded McGregor about his fight against Mayweather. Deji wrote on Twitter, I gave Floyd Mayweather a black eye, did you?

When the UFC legend fought Mayweather, he couldn’t hold a candle against the legendary boxer. Meanwhile, Deji also lost against the undefeated boxer, but he was able to land a solid punch on him, leaving Mayweather with a blackened eye.

Twitter didn’t like Deji’s reply to McGregor

Deji’s boasting about his fight against Mayweather didn’t impress most of the combat sports enthusiasts on Twitter. They instead remindedd= the 26-year-old about only winning one match so far in his boxing gig. Meanwhile, McGregor has established himself as a successful UFC legend.

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Ripan Majumdar

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Ripan Majumdar is an esports and F1 writer at Essentially Sports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Science from West Bengal State University, Kolkata. Ripan is a massive Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez fan.
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