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Conor McGregor, Paulie Malignaggi Get Heated at McGregor-Mayweather Press Event

August 22, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Conor McGregor got in a heated exchange with his former sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi at a press event for McGregor’s fight with Floyd Mayweather. MMAjunkie reports that at the press event on Tuesday, McGregor got in the face of Malignaggi, who is working the boxing card as a commentator. A verbal altercation followed.

Malignaggi has been taking shots at McGregor after he left McGregor camp for the Mayweather fight. Footage was then leaked of one of their sparring sessions, which Malignaggi says was edited to make him look bad. White said that Malignaggi was beaten badly in the sparring sessions.

According to the site, Malignaggi said, “Did you bring your balls, Conor?” at the event. That led McGregor to push his way through reporters to get face to face with Malignaggi and things got hostile between the two from there. You can see the video below: