LAS VEGAS — As Conor McGregor made his grand arrival ahead of his highly anticipated Saturday bout against Floyd Mayweather, the UFC lightweight champion held a few brief sessions with the media.
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While making his way to the exit, McGregor stopped once more to speak with the media. As McGregor was talking, former sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi listened intently to what he had to say.
Moments later, Malignaggi headed towards McGregor's manager Audie Attar. A few words were exchanged and McGregor headed towards Malignaggi, put his hand on his shoulder and asked what Attar said. Most of the words were inaudible but Malignaggi kept asking McGregor, ‘Did you bring your balls?’
Watch the full exchange in the video player below.
Social media, as it always does, responded appropriately.
With all due respect to Paulie Malignaggi, I don't think Conor McGregor has ever forgotten to bring his balls anywhere.
— Scott Harris (@ScottHarrisMMA) August 22, 2017
Hell on earth would be trapped in a room with Schaub &
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) August 22, 2017
Malignaggi discussing #McGregor
The one thing that I've learned so far from Mayweather vs McGregor is that Pauline Malignaggi is a dork.
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) August 22, 2017
Steven Muehlhausen is an MMA and boxing writer and contributor for Sporting News. You can listen to his podcast, "The Fight Junkies" here . You can email him at [email protected] and can find him on Twitter @SMuehlhausenMMA .
