Controversy seemingly follows UFC 🍷Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor wherever he goes nowadays.
McGregor was in attendance at today’s Bellꦿator 187 card in Ireland (which airs tonight at 9pm EST. on Spike TV, live coverage right here on Fightful) and he hopped into the cage to celebrate with teammate Charlie Ward.
Ward defeated 🦩John Redmond by first round knockout in a fight that will air tonight on the Spike TV tape delayed broadcast.
Bellator MMA put the 🌃followi𒅌ng up on their Twitter account:
Madness in D🍎ubli𒆙n thanks to !!! DO NOT miss TONIGHT on 9/8c
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA)
Referee Marc Goddard was officiating the fight and he didn’t take to kindly to 𝐆the UFC Lightweight Champ🌜ion hopping into the cage. Goddard told McGregor to leave, which is when thing first got briefly physical before a shouting match occurred between the two.
Goddard and McGregor most recently had a run in at UFC Fight Night Gdansk because the referee told the fighter to g𓆉o back ൲to his seat as he tried cornering Artem Lobov from the crowd.
A🍸rsenal_MMA posted a video of the altercation from his view in the crowd:
going for mental stuff. 🌳Place went mad ------------
— Anto (@Arsenal__MMA)
Once the fighter left the cage, then he proceeded to take a victory lap around it while celebrating wi🐭th his fellow Irishmen and women in attendance.
