{"id":38150,"date":"2026-05-09T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-reacts-to-UFC-White-House-press-conference-201116"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:14:20","slug":"conor-mcgregor-reacts-to-ufc-white-house-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/conor-mcgregor-reacts-to-ufc-white-house-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor reacts to UFC White House press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> believes fighters are still trying to copy him on the
\nmic. <\/p>\n

While there have been others like Chael Sonnen<\/a>
\nbefore McGregor, \u201cNotorious\u201d undoubtedly took the sport to new
\nheights with his mic skills, which were backed up by his
\nperformances inside the Octagon. Many fighters have since realized
\nthe importance of mic skills and have been trying to capitalize on
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> is a one-of-a-kind card scheduled for June 14
\nat the White House. A pre-fight press conference for the card was
\nheld at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday,
\nahead of the UFC 328 ceremonial weigh-ins. The card features
\n
\nUFC<\/a>\u2019s latest trash-talking sensation, Josh Hokit<\/a>,
\nagainst Derrick
\nLewis<\/a>. Hokit didn\u2019t miss his chance in the limelight, going all
\nout against Lewis, Alex
\nPereira<\/a> and Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a>. McGregor saw multiple \u201cspin-offs\u201d of himself at the
\nFreedom Fights 250 press conference.<\/p>\n

The Sincerest Form of Flattery<\/h2>\n

\u201cMcG spin offs all across the dais,\u201d McGregor wrote on X.
\n\u201cAWESOME.\u201d

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\n

McG spin offs all across the dais \ud83e\udd23
\nAWESOME<\/p>\n

\u2014 Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> (@TheNotoriousMMA)
\nMay 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While Hokit is leading in the trash talk department, fighters like
\nTopuria and Sean O\u2019Malley, who also fight at the White House, have
\nbeen accused of trying to copy McGregor\u2019s aura. McGregor (22-6)
\nhasn\u2019t fought since breaking his leg in a trilogy loss against
\nDustin
\nPoirier<\/a> in 2021. While McGregor\u2019s return hasn\u2019t come to
\nfruition despite multiple teases, Dana White recently assured fans
\nthat the former UFC double champ will return this summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor believes fighters are still trying to copy him on the mic.  While there have been others like Chael Sonnen before McGregor, \u201cNotorious\u201d undoubtedly took the sport to new heights with his mic skills, which were backed up by his performances inside the Octagon. Many fighters have since realized the importance of mic skills […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}