Conor McGregor can throw a mean left hook, but when it comes down to sending out the first pitch at an MLB game, the UFC star might have been a little off-target.
The MMA fighter was honored with the opportunity to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Chicago Cubs‘ game earlier this week. However, his attempt sent the ball sailing high and right into the stands. The outcome immediately became an internet moment, with UFC fighter Justin Gaethje even taking to Twitter to write, “I cannot stop laughing at this. Every MMA fighter that has represented us doing this has looked terrible but this takes the cake.”
In a post-throw interview, McGregor admitted that the throw was not his best work, but he did not seem too torn about it. McGregor summarized his particularly bad efforts when asked about his thoughts on the pitch with a simple one-liner, “The most devastating first pitch ever seen in the iconic Wrigley Field.” He continues to justify his throw stating, “The venom is there, the power is there. It’s a little off accurate-wise … It was either lob it friendly or aim to take him off his feet. If that was on target, we would have had a problem, I’d say.”
McGregor alludes to the fact that he is still recovering from the gruesome injury he sustained when he was defeated by Dustin Poirier in July, “I’m on the one leg, you can see me based fully on the left leg that was just recently injured. I’m happy with that, I’ll take that on board.” Unfortunately for the fighter, the internet has now placed him on a list of celebrities that have delivered iconically terrible first pitches at MLB games. Some have even drawn comparison to his pitch and 50 Cent’s. Take a look below at some reactions on Twitter.
Conor McGregor with an immediate all-time iconic first pitch ??pic.twitter.com/GGMHhYoOSc
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 21, 2021
Conor McGregor’s first pitch on Tuesday joined some historic company ?
(via @MLB, Marquee Sports Network) pic.twitter.com/fj0SLf9Kal
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 22, 2021
Conor Mcgregor with an all time bad first pitch pic.twitter.com/ltwrTJmekd
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) September 22, 2021
I cannot stop laughing at this. Every MMA fighter that has represented us doing this has looked terrible but this takes the cake. https://t.co/n6Ck9AQ7wG
— Justin Gaethje ?? (@Justin_Gaethje) September 22, 2021
i went frame by frame on that Conor McGregor pitch pic.twitter.com/H8ND10Wl6N
— Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo) September 22, 2021
Conor McGregor JUST a bit outside pic.twitter.com/Xa1cMPIPgM
— Baseball Central™ (@BaseballCentraI) September 22, 2021
ABSOLUTE SEED from Conor McGregor pic.twitter.com/p5XSgFa74Q
— Gump Cathcart (@bubbagumpino) September 21, 2021
What da fuuuuuk??? @TheNotoriousMMA mofucka look like he throwin a fckn couch pic.twitter.com/O8UJtTEDeI
— Beetlejuice Green (@Beetlepimp) September 22, 2021
This Conor McGregor first pitch was called a strike by Joe West.?pic.twitter.com/7UccYDffLc
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) September 21, 2021
The last 4 years of Conor McGregor’s career, summed up in a few seconds: pic.twitter.com/KDINqclgk6
— The MMA Dude™ (@philthemmadude) September 22, 2021
Conor McGregor with the worst first pitch I’ve ever seen ??? pic.twitter.com/dTiShck2iU
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) September 22, 2021
Conor McGregor did this on purpose, right? pic.twitter.com/6ks0BS3ORA
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 22, 2021
Whose first pitch was worse? ??@50cent or @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/V2roTzzoJO
— All Things Battles ?? (@AllThingsBRC) September 22, 2021
Conor McGregor just told 50 Cent to hold his beer and delivered the worst first pitch ever at Wrigley pic.twitter.com/XPq58AvZB4
— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) September 21, 2021
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