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McGregor: I slapped the head off Diaz like he was ‘Homer Simpson’ in first fight
- Updated: August 14, 2016
Everyone remembers The Simpsons episode where Homer took up boxing. Instead of actually boxing, Homer absorbed his opponent’s punches until they were exhausted, and then proceeded to nudge them to the canvas.
At a media scrum in Las Vegas yesterday, Conor McGregor likened opponent Nate Diaz to the cartoon character and said he used a similar strategy at UFC 196.
“You ever see that episode of The Simpsons where Homer starts boxing?” McGregor said (h/t Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting). “He’s competing, he’s just sitting in the ring and getting the head slapped off him. Boom, boom, boom. And then just the guy can’t punch him no more. And then Homer tips him and the guy …
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