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Champion UFC Fighter McGregor Stands up to his Boss With ... a Poem? When taking a stand against his employer, UFC champion Conor McGregor found a pen was mightier than his fists.

By Dan Bova

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UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

Who would have guessed that the battle between a UFC champion and UFC President Dana White would result in a poem?

At the crux of the battle is Conor McGregor's not-quite-definitive retirement from MMA. White pulled the bruiser for UFC 200's much-anticipated rematch of McGregor against Nate Diaz after McGregor refused to promote it. In response, McGregor wrote a poem.

It's not exactly what you'd expect from a man who makes a living pounding other men into submission, but that's what he did. See his work below. We give it an A for effort, a B- minus for clarity, but honestly, we would have preferred that it rhymed.

Dan Bova

Entrepreneur Staff

VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

Read his humor column This Should Be Fun if you want to feel better about yourself.

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