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"I mean fair play to Brock (Lesnar), he got in there and fought but, at the end of the day, he was juiced up to the fucking eyeballs so how can I respect that?" "The other guy (CM Punk) hasn't fought yet so I don't know about him yet." "There are some dons in that wrestling game. The McMahons, they're dons. Triple H is a don. The Rock is a don. But the rest of them are fucking pussies!"McGregor took to Twitter on Sunday morning to offer up an apology to WWE fans for any offence caused. However, he began the tweet with "I didn't mean no disrespect", which was always going to be followed by something that would cause disrespect, and sure enough, he delivered. https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/762184752996634624 McGregor has been praised for his mental warfare game in which he antagonises his opponents through his trash talk and comments in the media in order to take up residence inside their head. It seems he has achieved the exact same thing with some die-hard WWE fans.
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE please sit the fuck down, you lost to Nick Diaz. I rest my case. No chance you could go 12 rounds with @BrockLesnar
— SHARKYTANK ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@Sharkytank) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE pic.twitter.com/C4Iy9PMNiT — Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE stone cold and the rock would burst you
— Laura Houston (@LauraShoez) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE you're in no position to be acting this cocky when you got choked out recently, your whole careers on the line on 20th — Sid (@AkhiSid) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE you're a bitch sit the fuck down Brock Lesnar > Connor McGregor all day
— SB Chills (@SBChills) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE You couldn't even knock the top off a Guinness. — Shane. (@mawso) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE @Sharkytank Are you serious?
— Chris (@BlareFfa) August 7, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE WHAT? pic.twitter.com/UZo5pQu56o — Andrew McRoberts (@AndrewMcR09) August 7, 2016
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