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New App Lets Conor McGregor Trash Talk On Behalf Of Fans

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 14: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor come face to face during the Floyd Mayweather Jr. v Conor McGregor World Press Tour at SSE Arena on July 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

One of the biggest trash talkers in UFC history, Conor McGregor, has just released an app which sees him doing the smack talking on behalf of fans.

The “MacTalk” app, available on Android and iOS, is a soundboard of 27 of McGregor’s most famous sayings from his fight career and costs $0.99 to download. Instead of the audio being taken from their original sources, McGregor has recorded his memorable phrases in a studio. Sayings include “You’ll do nuttin,” which McGregor shouted at fierce rival Nate Diaz at a press conference ahead of UFC 202 in 2016 and “Dana, 60 Gs, baby,” which he said after his UFC debut in 2013 when he won and asked UFC president Dana White for a bonus.

The app is released on the week ahead of what is billed by White as “the biggest event ever in combat sports history.” The current UFC Lightweight champion McGregor, will box professional for the first time against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather, who holds a 49-0 record. It is estimated that the fight will generate a record $700 million in revenue and may reach a new record of over five million pay per view buys.

Ahead of becoming the first UFC fighter to hold two championships at two different weight classes at UFC 205 last year, McGregor also released the “MacMoji” app with a huge list of his own, custom little phone cartoons. It offered fans, according to its makers “dozens of emojis personally curated by the UFC champion himself.”

He is not the only UFC star to release his own soundboard app, with the organization’s announcer, Bruce Buffer launched an app in 2012. The app contained 150 of Buffer’s most famous sayings and also could be used as an alarm.

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