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Former UFC dual division champion Conor McGregor hits back at former middleweight champion Michael Bisping for his recent comments on McGregor-Cormier social media battle. The Irishman trashed the Brit in the recent Twitter Q&A session.

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‘The Notorious’ one is currently out of action after snapping his leg in his trilogy clash vs Dustin Poirier. Subsequently, he underwent surgery to repair his broken leg and will be out of action till next year.

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Replying to a fan, who made him aware of Bisping’s assessment on his war with Cormier, ‘The Notorious’ one took a dig at Bisping’s career. He also thrashed him for his performance in his last match. McGregor has now taken the tweet down.

“Bisping is a nobody on Sirius XM,” Conor said. “Rushed back to competition after being dropped/strangled and then gets shotgun slept by gastelums left hand. Devastating. Even though I collect commission on all his fights, I still said to the team to pull the gast fight. I knew it was coming.”

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In another tweet, the Irishman said, “But hey, 100k! 50k off the top of each fight. I used to say “yoink” every time it hit the account.”

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What Michael Bisping said about Conor McGregor-Cormier’s verbal spat?

Former champ Bisping, during his podcast, weighed in on the duo’s verbal battle. ‘The Count’ supported Cormier and also discussed what will happen to Conor if he gets in an actual battle with ‘DC’.

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“Careful what you wish for. Careful who you’re picking fights with,” Bisping said on his ‘Believe You Me’ show. “Because I’m not disrespecting Conor McGregor, but I don’t care what Conor McGregor it is, whether it’s double-champ Conor McGregor (or what). DC is gonna f*cking pull you limb from limb.”

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“He could do it one-handed, he could do it with one eye, two eyes, no eyes. He could do it after 25 Modelos. That ain’t a fight. That is murder, that is assault. Somebody call the cops!” Bisping said.

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It will be interesting to see what Bisping has to say. The battle between two of the best trash talkers is taking a different turn here.

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Akshyay Mahapatra is a UFC author for EssentiallySports. He wished to combine his passion for the UFC (that he has been following since 2008) as well as his love for writing. This motivated him to enter the world of combat sports journalism. His long tenure as a fight fan lends weight to the views he expresses in his articles. Following Brock Lesnar's move from the WWE to the UFC, he grew to respect the work of every single professional fighter. As he understood MMA is a true discipline, he remained a die-hard UFC fan even after Alistair Overeem sent Brock Lesnar packing from the UFC at UFC 141 in 2011. He is a great admirer of the Dagestani juggernaut Khabib Nurmagomedov and is a fan of 'The Predator' Francis Ngannou's insane KO power. In his downtime, Akshyay loves catching the latest flick. He is a film fanatic and has a special affinity towards suspense thrillers.

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