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Conor McGregor Gives His Seal of Approval for New Call of Duty Game

Published 11/21/2020, 6:36 AM EST

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The gaming community has been buzzing off late. Releases of new games and the much-awaited PS5 has meant that gamers are now glued to the screens trying to master their new favorite games. UFC fighters are no different. Many fighters in the UFC are avid gamers and could not contain their excitement on the launch of Call Of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. 

Call Of Duty is one of the most famous first-person shooting games on the internet. Call Of Duty Black Ops: Cold war is the sixth installment in the ‘Black Ops’ series and the seventeenth installment in the overall call of duty series.

Read: UFC Fighter Jorge Masvidal, Max Holloway and others are super excited for Call Of Duty Black Ops: Cold War 

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Conor McGregor jumps on board the Call Of Duty Black Ops: Cold War hype train

The Twitter handle for Call Of Duty released an exciting new trailer for the imminent arrival of the game. ‘The Notorious’ tweeted in response to the video, “Ok, I’m in.”

Conor McGregor is a big fan of the game. He was previously involved in the game’s development when he was a special character on Call of Duty: Infinite wWarfare that released just before his fight against Eddie Alvarez. 

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In an interview with Rolling Stone, McGregor said, “The offer came about so naturally and I thought it over. It’s such a big game. I play a good load of games, but there’s only two games I actually really play that I’ve been obsessed with: The UFC game and Call of Duty. Now I’m in both of them. It’s very surreal.”

The launch of the new game has the likes of Max Holloway, Jorge Masvidal, and Alexander Volkanovski extremely excited as well. 

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A lot of UFC fighters such as Daniel Cormier, Sean O’Malley among others are avid gamers. Some fighters such as Max and Sean also stream games on the popular streaming website Twitch. 

What do you make of the new Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War game? Are you excited about it? Let us know in the comments below. 

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