Conor McGregor's ex-training partner: He's going crazy at the minute
CONOR MCGREGOR's behaviour in recent weeks has raised plenty of eyebrows.
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Last month, the UFC's lightweight champion found himself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
McGregor was embroiled in controversy at Bellator 187 in Dublin after storming the cage to celebrate with his SBG Ireland team-mate Charlie Ward.
‘The Notorious’ did so under the assumption that Ward's middleweight bout with John Redmond had been stopped, which in actual fact hadn’t been called.
Match official Marc Goddard tried to direct McGregor out of the cage and found himself on the receiving end of two pushes for his troubles.
Shortly after being removed from the vicinity, McGregor attempted to regain access to the cage but was stopped by a Bellator official, who he slapped.
Less than two weeks after the melee at the 3 Arena, several reports on social media claimed McGregor was involved in an altercation with three men at the Black Forge Pub in Crumlin.
McGregor's involvement in the alleged fracas has not been confirmed, nor have any complaints been made against him.
Since his multi-million-pound boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr, which he lost via a tenth-round TKO, McGregor has been partying a lot more than usual.
He’s enjoying the fruits of his labour, maybe a little bit too much
His party-boy antics have led many to question his desire to return to the UFC and defend his lightweight title, which he has yet to do.
The majority of the combat sports world are keen to see the Irishman get back to doing what he does best, including his recent training partner Michael Conlan, who believes his fellow countryman has gone a tad overboard with his recent antics.
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"Listen, he’s enjoying the fruits of his labour, maybe a little bit too much,” the Olympian told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times.
“He’s going crazy at the minute, but he just needs to take himself back and get back to what he does best, and that’s fighting.”
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McGregor, 21-3, hasn’t set foot inside the Octagon since claiming the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 205, a triumph which saw him create history by becoming the first fighter in the promotion’s history to hold two titles simultaneously.
His first fight back in the promotion is expected to be a lightweight title unification bout against interim 155lbs champion Tony Ferguson.
