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“Support Bald Bull in His Time of Need”: Conor McGregor Accused of Misusing His ‘Star Power’ To Promote Dana White

Published 01/18/2023, 5:50 AM EST

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Conor McGregor has stood alongside the UFC president, Dana White, quite a few times during his hard times. Lately, White has been facing a boatload of heat due to his newest venture, Power Slap. The entire world was skeptical about the league, saying that it was very dangerous for the participants. While almost the entire world seemed to stand against him, ‘Mystic Man’ seemingly supported the UFC president’s venture. The former UFC double champion took to Twitter and expressed his amazement at slapping techniques. However, not every MMA fighter seemed to be in support of Power Slap. As a response to the former UFC champion’s tweet, Chris Wade decided to let ‘The Notorious’ know about the problems associated with Power Slap in a quirky manner.

While the ‘Mystic Man’ also received backlash from the public, he couldn’t hide from the eyes of Chris Wade. The featherweight PFL contender bashed the Irish fighter’s star power as he responded to his tweet. Without a doubt, it shone some light on the darker face of the venture.

Conor McGregor got bashed for showing support for Dana White

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McGregor reposted a tweet wherein a slapping contestant still went ahead after having a severely inflamed face. Moreover, the contender seemed to be bleeding. The ‘Mystic Man’ wrote, “Absolutely gorgeous technique congrats the new heavy weight champion.” Although the ‘Notorious’ posted the tweet probably out of his amazement, the professional mixed martial artist, Chris Wade, had a different set of opinions.

Wade responded to McGregor’s tweet and attacked the former champion’s star status. He wrote in the response, “I’ll bet you used you star power to make sure these guys get benefits and health insurance for destroying their faces and brains for a few bucks right? Nahhh you just through up a post to support Bald bull in his time of need.”

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The Power Slap League didn’t receive much appreciation from the public, as well. However, some boost from McGregor might play a huge role in the advancement of the league. Moreover, many people still believe that the slapping league needs to be proven as not dangerous. 

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Although some of the big names in combat sports have made it clear that they stood in support of White, the fact he doesn’t have the support he expected definitely upset him. The fans have revealed their concern about the sport being a dangerous one for the contestants. 

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The UFC President cleared the air saying that athletes get hit by 300-400 punches in a single fight. However, the slapping league gets them his only 3-5 times in a single event. Furthermore, he commented that as people had to be educated about MMA, they need to be educated about slapping, as well. Additionally, he confirmed to have employed medical staff to take care of the participants right after the events. Thereby, making it safer than before.

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Krushna Prasad Pattnaik

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Krushna Pattnaik is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. Coming from a pharmaceutical background with a master's degree in the same and multiple scientific publications, his passion for combat sports and writing brought him to EssentiallySports, where both of his passions met in a beautiful collaboration. He is an instrumentalist and has a profound love for books.
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Rohini Kottu