Famous Armenian-American social media influencer Dan Bilzerian quoted the former UFC dual champion, Conor McGregor, while showing off his extravagant lifestyle in a recent Instagram post.
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Dan Bilzerian is a very famous social media personality with over 32 million followers on Instagram. Therefore, everything he does makes it to the headlines. Recently, the 41-year-old was all over the news after he visited McGregor-owned Black Forge Inn in Ireland.
The American-born social media star and his team, Ignite, had a pleasant time at the UFC fighter’s pub. They also got to hold one of his UFC titles and uploaded pictures of the same on Instagram.
Following that, Bilzerian made an Instagram post in which he gave a glimpse of his flamboyant lifestyle. Notably, the social media star used a famous McGregor line in the post, which he said after becoming a two-division champion in 2016.
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‘The Notorious’ defeated Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 to become the UFC’s first dual champion. Later, he cracked the iconic line in his octagon interview, “I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, I’d like to take this chance to apologize… to absolutely nobody. The double champ does what the f**k he wants!”
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This line from ‘The Notorious’ went on to become one of the most famous dialogues amongst fight fans. For that reason, even the Internet star used it in his video.
Dan Bilzerian once lost his money on Conor McGregor
Bilzerian and McGregor have a history dating back to 2020, when the latter was making his welterweight return. ‘The Notorious’ took on the Donald Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246.
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Nevada , United States – 10 July 2021; Conor McGregor before his lightweigh fight with Dustin Poirier during the UFC 264 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (Photo By Thomas King/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
As McGregor was coming off a loss in this fight, many were skeptical about his performance. One of them was Bilzerian. He backed the former title challenger Cerrone for a win in this bout.
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However, McGregor turned the tables around and shocked everyone by scoring a first-round finish. Subsequently, the social media star lost $1 million after the bout.
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