He may have been submitted by Nate Diaz in March, but Conor McGregor is still pretty tough. If someone makes a death threat against you, though, you have to assume he has a weapon. Therefore, it’s understandable McGregor hired a pair of bodyguards to follow him around.
McGregor, per the Irish Mirror (via SB Nation), says he has received death threats and is being stalked. These threats are not believed to be related to the ones he heard over Twitter earlier this year from a person allegedly toting an AK-47.
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So when McGregor accompanied his girlfriend Dee Devlin on Friday night to the VIP Style Awards in Dublin — where Devlin was honored as the Most Stylish Newcomer — two bodyguards were right there with them.
And in a nod to Rocky IV, McGregor told people his bodyguards are named Rocky and Drago.
"Conor and Dee arrived around 30 minutes after most of the other red-carpet arrivals and they were accompanied by an entourage,” a source told the Irish Sun.
"… Conor was really relaxed and in great humour but the bodyguards didn't let him out of their sight for even a minute.”