Being a mixed martial arts fighter is not easy. Along with taking punishment to the body, a fighter also receives a lot of negative comments and online thrashing. Such was the case when UFC middleweight fighter Julian Marquez lost to Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett. Marquez was subject to a lot of negative comments from a fan.

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Julian Marquez on Twitter revealed a series of abuses he received from an MMA fan who lost money betting on him. In the caption. Marquez wrote, “This is part of being a fighter. This kid lost money betting on me and is super upset.

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In the messages, the MMA fan wrote, “Wake up sleepy head. You b** you just got pieced to the shadow realm. You are dead…” The fan also made a Miley Cyrus reference. He wrote. “Miley Cyrus doesn’t want your c**k. You made Greg rich tonight. Good s””t.” Marquez eventually replied, “Awe, looks like you need a friend.”

However, the fan did not stop here. Replying to Marquez, he said, “I have a ton of friends laughing at your miserable performance. And the fact that you are making me go viral for clowning you is hitting different right now, what’s the move? ”

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The reference made to Miley Cyrus by the fan did not come out of anywhere. In the past, Marquez had once asked Miley Cyrus out, which was one of the most hilarious moments in UFC history.

Julian Marquez asks Miley Cyrus out on a date

After his win against Maki Pitolo at UFC 258, Julian Marquez asked out popular singer and songwriter Miley Cyrus for a date on Valentine’s day.

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On the mic, the fighter said that he had to wait a long time to call certain guys out. While most might have expected him to call out other fighters, what Marquez said left everyone in splits. The fighter said, “I have been waiting 31 months to get on this damn mic and to call these people out. Right now, it’s my time to shine… So, Miley Cyrus, will you be my Valentine’s?”

While fans and fighters had a good laugh, no one really expected Miley Cyrus to reply. However, she did. While she was ready to accept Marquez’s proposal, she had a condition. Cyrus said, “Shave an MC into your chest hair and I am YOURS Happy VDay and Congrats my love!” 

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Julian Marquez secured his moment in what was one of the most hilarious moments in UFC history. However, since then, the fighter has experienced mixed results as he won one fight and lost one fight. After his recent loss at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett, He will look to keep winning fights in order to challenge for the title.

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Varun Anand Bhat is an MMA writer at EssentiallySports. Not only does he train in MMA but he is also a certified judge, which gives him valuable insight while writing content. The fight between Conor Mcgregor & Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 was responsible for making him interested in the sport of MMA. Since then he has been following and studying the sport fanatically. He has completed his graduation in sociology. His goal remains to compete and grow in the sport of MMA while writing comes to him because of his parents who inculcated the habit of reading and writing from a young age. Apart from MMA, Varun loves to read non-fiction books along with writing about different topics on his blog. You can also find him grooving to music and listening to podcasts during his leisure.

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