{"id":272762,"date":"2018-03-19T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272762"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:13:28","slug":"max-holloway-explains-why-he-criticized-conor-mcgregor-for-his-burger-king-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-explains-why-he-criticized-conor-mcgregor-for-his-burger-king-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway explains why he criticized Conor McGregor for his Burger King commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway has engaged in some <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-issues-epic-response-conor-mcgregors-latest-social-media-jab\/\">fiery social media exchanges<\/a> with former UFC featherweight champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\">Conor McGregor<\/a> \u2013 the last man he lost to. And while McGregor initiated most of the pair&#8217;s exchanges, Holloway did shoot first on one occasion, poking fun at McGregor for his recent Burger King commercial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You went from King of Ireland to King of &quot;chicken&quot;? Looking forward to the two strips meal coming April 7.<br \/>PS Shout out to the real fighting Irish. The ones who value whats in heart before whats on waist. Hawaii respects you and welcomes you with open arms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kqyiAw3PDY\">https:\/\/t.co\/kqyiAw3PDY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlessedMMA\/status\/970805576669081600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You went from King of Ireland to King of &#8216;chicken&#8217;?&#8221; Holloway said in his Tweet. &#8220;Looking forward to the two strips meal coming April 7. PS Shout out to the real fighting Irish. The ones who value whats in heart before whats on waist. Hawaii respects you and welcomes you with open arms.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/max-holloway-twitter-conor-mcgregor-rematch-ufc-champion-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> this week, Holloway explained what compelled him to go after McGregor for his Burger King commercial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been taking shots at me,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cGo tell all his fans, tell the whole world that he\u2019s been taking shots at me. Then the one time he throws an underhand pitch \u2013 that\u2019s a juicy ball, that chicken thing \u2013 no one was going to take it up? You\u2019re crazy if you think \u2018Blessed\u2019 is going to let that slide. Your boy is going to slide in and let you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy\u2019s been picking on me. It\u2019s like the school ground when you\u2019re at school. If you ever get bullied, when you get sick of it, you turn around and you punch the bully in the face, and they don\u2019t say anything. That\u2019s what happened. It\u2019s all right. I could not let that slide. I was giving a chance to everyone. No one was doing it, so \u2018Blessed\u2019 was going in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Max Holloway and Conor McGregor share the cage together again? Join the debate in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/19\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway has engaged in some fiery social media exchanges with former UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor \u2013 the last man he lost to. 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