Former double UFC champion Conor McGregor is in scandal again. He was recently accused of beating a mascot and raping a girl at an NBA game. Now Conor got into a fight in a pub in the English town of Birkinhead, where he came to attend the funeral of his aunt Pamera.
“We were standing outside and heard glasses breaking. Then McGregor ran out and shouted to his bodyguards: “Take me away from here, take me away urgently!” said a witness to the incident.
We remembered the most scandalous fights of the daring Irishman that took place outside the Octagon. There were a lot of them!
Conflict with Nate Diaz’s team
In December 2015, Conor defeated Jose Aldo in 13 seconds. He became a featherweight champion and a global star. But in the next fight he sensationally lost to Nate Diaz in the welterweight division. Conor received an immediate rematch, before which he gave vent to his emotions.
The press conference for the UFC 202 tournament in August 2016 had to end early. Conor was 40 minutes late, and Diaz left almost immediately after his opponent appeared. He and his team shouted insults from the audience as they headed for the exit.
McGregor lost his temper and began throwing bottles at Diaz and his team. Subsequently, Conor was punished: he was fined 150 thousand dollars and given 50 hours of community service.
Conflict with the Irish Mafia
In 2017, Conor beat up a man in a Dublin pub. The victim turned out to be the father of the authoritative Irish mafia Graham Whelan. There were rumors that there was a million dollar reward for McGregor’s life.
Conor was advised to leave the country, but the fighter stated that he was not in any danger. The details of the story are unknown, but now McGregor has a good relationship with the Whelans, who work for the Kinahan crime family, one of the most powerful in the world.
In April they even wrote that McGregor’s sister was dating Graham Whelan.
Attack on Khabib on the bus
One of the most famous scandals involving McGregor is the attack on the bus in which his rival Khabib Nurmagomedov was. This happened before the UFC 229 tournament, and the reason was an incident with Artem Lobov, Conor’s Russian friend.
Lobov spoke unflatteringly about Khabib in an interview. When the Dagestani met Artyom in the hotel lobby, he aggressively “taught” him a lesson with the crowd and slapped him in the face on camera. Upon learning of this, Conor gathered his friends and attacked a bus containing UFC fighters, including Khabib.
McGregor threw chairs at the bus, broke windows and demanded that Khabib get out. The shrapnel injured some of the fighters, and Conor was arrested for his dangerous trick. As a result, he lost the fight to Khabib, who, after the victory, jumped into the Irishman’s team in the gym and started a massive brawl.
McGregor was released on bail of $40,000. The verdict for the bus attack was lenient: compensation for the victims, five days of community service and anger management courses.
Fan’s broken smartphone
In March 2019, Conor was leaving a hotel in Miami when he saw Briton Ahmed Abdirzak filming him on a smartphone. Conor was in a bad mood: he knocked the camera out of his hands, trampled it with his foot and took it for himself.
A distressed fan reported McGregor to the police, after which the fighter was arrested, but again released on bail of 12.5 thousand dollars. It didn’t go to trial, although initially the victim wanted to sue for 15 thousand — valuable photos of his son were left on the smartphone.
“Conor came over to shake my hand. As he approached, he abruptly pulled me towards him, snatched the phone and smashed it. The guards immediately surrounded me and began to move me away. And McGregor trampled on my phone and behaved very rudely.
He shouted: “Get the fuck out of my sight.” I asked for my phone back. But the guards said: “Move, boy. Conor said what he said.”
McGregor picked up my cell phone and put it in his pocket, laughing. What really pissed me off was that there were photos of my son on the phone that I had not yet saved to iCloud. I may not be able to get them back,” the victim said.
Fight with an old man in a pub
In August 2019, Conor got into perhaps the most shameful story. In a Dublin pub, he decided to treat everyone to his Proper Twelve whiskey. But grandfather, who was sitting next to him, refused. He said that he would not drink this “swill,” hinting at the poor quality of the drink.
Conor got angry and hit the old man. Fortunately, the blow was tangential and the man was not injured. But the MMA community discussed the scandal for a long time — the UFC star was unable to knock out an old man in a pub. Conor got off easy and paid a thousand dollar fine.
Mascot beating at NBA game
In June, McGregor attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals between Miami and Denver. During the break, Conor came onto the court to promote a painkiller spray. In a staged fight, he knocked out the Miami mascot and then sprayed him with spray.
It turned out that the fight got out of control. The mascot was dragged away by his legs and subsequently taken to the hospital. Probably the finishing blow on the ground from Conor was unnecessary.
Later, the fighter was accused of raping a girl at the same NBA match: security guards allegedly forcibly dragged her into the toilet. But video witnesses showed that the girl went there voluntarily.