Conor McGregor quickly deletes tweet after huge UFC 334 bet for €6million collapses
Conor McGregor lost a massive bet on UFC 334 after all three of his pick lost in brutal fashion.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the UFC held their penultimate numbered event of the year with Ciryl Gane defending his heavyweight title from Josh Hokit, while women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison faced Amanda Nunes in the co-main.
As always, several big money bets came in throughout the fight card, including one from former UFC champion McGregor that he was quick to remove from his social media accounts after it went disastrously wrong.
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Conor McGregor's disastrous UFC 334 bet revealed
The UFC 334 card was filled with plenty of fights that many fans would have considered to be close to 50/50, particularly high up the main card.
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But, in typical McGregor fashion, the Irishman was clearly confident in three fighters on the card to get the job done, as he shared on X that he had placed €200,000 (£166,880) on three upsets to take place at Madison Square Garden.
First, the 38-year-old tipped Hokit to defy the odds and beat Gane to become the new UFC heavyweight champion.
Unfortunately for McGregor, while Hokit did perform much better than many had expected, he fell on the wrong side of a controversial unanimous decision that saw Gane keep his title.
Next, McGregor once again expected to hear UFC announcer Bruce Buffer shouting 'and new' in the co-main event, as he backed Nunes to return in style after a three-year layoff with a KO or TKO win over Harrison to win back her bantamweight belt.
Instead, a strange fight plan from Nunes eventually led to her being submitted in the fourth round of her fight with Harrison.
Finally, McGregor backed UFC veteran Jim Miller to beat Terrance McKinney, despite the fact that his opponent drastically missed weight and was therefore a huge favourite.
In the end, Miller suffered a KO loss in the very first round early in the prelims.
Overall, McGregor's bet would have paid out a whopping €6million (£5.22m) had it come through, and it's clear he was embarrassed by his lacklustre predictions as he's since returned to social media to delete his post sharing his tips for UFC 334.
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Conor McGregor lashes out at 'scum' UFC 334 fighter after failed bet
Ultimately, McKinney's KO win over Miller is what saw McGregor's ambitious bet fall at the first hurdle, much to the Irishman's dismay.
Ahead of the fight, McKinney missed the 156-pound lightweight non-title weight limit after tipping the scales at 160.2lbs, 4.2lbs over the limit.
And it appears that this is what got McGregor riled up the most, as he took to social media to blast McKinney following his win, calling him 'scum' for what he did to Miller.
“Damn,” McGregor wrote in his first of four posts on X.
“Unlucky Jim,” he added. “Terrible behaviour to miss weight like that against a legend.
“Scum in fact. UAE jail throw away the key type s***.
“I’ll get that money back and karma will get fat t*ts. Fact. Awesome career Jim! Bravo.”
The comments were later relayed to McKinney in his post-fight press conference, prompting the 32-year-old to call McGregor after confirming he would be moving up to welterweight.
“Let me get Conor McGregor next,” McKinney said.
“Southpaw vs. southpaw. I’ll put that old man to sleep.”
Topics: Conor McGregor, MMA, UFC
Ben McCrum
