Mac Crowned BLF, Strickland Responds

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UFC 303 headliner Conor McGregor is the best looking UFC fighter on the roster, according to artificial intelligence (AI). That’s based on data from the AI Face Analyzer, which used the Golden Ratio of Facial Aesthetics to compile a Top 20 list.

“Notorious” narrowly edged out Brazilian beefcake Paulo Costa.

“I’m happy because I beat Sean Strickland,” Costa said during the UFC 302 media day. “But I’m the ‘BLF’ — the best looking fighter ever. What’s going on? I think this AI is not so good.”

UFC 302 opponent, Sean Strickland, was equally aghast at the BLF rankings.

“No that f***ing little leprechaun, dude?” Strickland said. “That motherf***er looks like he’s putting his head under f***ing urinals, no f***ing way.”

Here’s the Top 20 list, courtesy of Free Bets.

1. Conor McGregor 9.27
2. Paulo Costa 9.24
3. Leon Edwards 8.51
4. Sean Strickland 8.36
5. Max Holloway 8.34
6. Sean O’Malley 8.27
7. Chris Weidman 8.25
8. Song Yadong 8.17
9. Paddy Pimblett 8.06
10. Alex Volkanovski 7.92
11. Dricus Du Plessis 7.89
12. Alexandre Pantoia 7.89
13. Khamzat Chimaev 7.85
14. Kamaru Usman 7.83
15. Charles Oliveira 7.82
16. Dustin Poirier 7.81
17. Robert Whitakker 7.54
18. Aliamain Sterling 7.54
19. Tom Aspinall 7.41
20. Islam Makhachev 7.89

Costa also called to have longtime rival Khamzat Chimaev removed from the list.

“The Eraser,” fresh off his disastrous first pitch for the New York Mets, will attempt to blast his way back into the middleweight title hunt by shutting down Strickland in the UFC 302 co-main event this Sat. night (June 1, 2024) at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

McGregor fights Michael Chandler on June 29 in Las Vegas.

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