Besides being a well-accomplished MMA athlete, Conor McGregor is infamous for being one of the most controversial entities. That said, here are five altercations 'The Notorious' one has had outside the UFC octagon.
In 2018, McGregor tried to provoke Khabib Nurmagomedov to get off the bus and later picked up a dolly and threw it on the bus’s window, which shattered and even cut Michael Chiesa. The legendary Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight started here.
In 2019, a video surfaced on the internet of McGregor punching an old man in his hometown, Dublin, Ireland. The incident took place at The Marble Arch Pub.
McGregor jumped inside the cage as his teammate Charlie Ward knocked out his opponent in his MMA debut. When stopped by the commissioner, McGregor appeared furious and slapped him.
At the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, McGregor was invited to present an award. However, things went south on the red carpet where he and rapper Machine Gun Kelly got into a scuffle.
One of the most recent controversies includes McGregor punching Italian DJ Francesco Facchinetti. It became public knowledge when Facchinetti posted on social media.