'Douchebag' Conor McGregor criticised for behaviour during Anthony Joshua fight

The Irishman made a sanction for himself for the mode helium behaved during Anthony Joshua's heavyweight showdown with Daniel Dubois astatine Wembley Stadium

Conor McGregor has been slammed for his behaviour during Anthony Joshua's KO decision by Daniel Dubois.

The erstwhile two-division UFC champion was ringside for the heavyweight clash astatine Wembley Stadium. Dubois was a immense underdog coming into the contention with the erstwhile heavyweight world champion, but sensationally dropped Joshua 3 times earlier securing a 5th circular knockout win successful beforehand of 96,000 fans.

McGregor had front-row seats for the blockbuster fight. As ever, the Irishman made a sanction for himself arsenic helium was seen strutting into the stadium with an unlit cigar sticking retired of his mouth, arsenic good arsenic jumping retired of his spot aggregate times during Dubois' stunning triumph to clasp his IBF heavyweight title. While galore would reason that the 36-year-old was being a passionate fan, determination were a just fewer who disagreed with his antics implicit the weekend.

Analysing his behaviour during a caller occurrence of their Believe You Me podcast, UFC fable Michael Bisping and erstwhile light-heavyweight rubric challenger Anthony Smith were anxious to person their accidental connected the taxable of McGregor. “Conor, you would person thought that helium was a large Daniel Dubois instrumentality due to the fact that erstwhile Joshua was getting those [punches], helium was retired of his seat,” Bisping said. “Maybe the cigar mightiness person adjacent got lit. Walking successful with a large cigar, unlit, betwixt the teeth. How bash we consciousness astir that? Because 2 words outpouring to caput close now: Douche. Bag.”

As for Smith, 'Lionheart' prevented himself from wholly ripping into McGregor. However, helium did question immoderate of the Irishman's choices erstwhile it comes to presenting himself successful public. “I don’t cognize what happens to radical oregon erstwhile you alteration oregon however overmuch wealth you person to person to commencement doing weird, douchey s**t similar that,” Smith said. “Like, however affluent bash you person to beryllium to deterioration your sunglasses wrong 24/7. For what? I privation I was 5 percent arsenic chill arsenic helium thinks helium is. Like, however bash you get to beryllium truthful cool? I don’t know, I don’t get it. And I don’t privation to conscionable speech s**t connected Conor, but travel on, bro. Come on.”

McGregor hasn't fought since suffering a brutal injury, breaking his leg successful the trilogy showdown with bitter rival Dustin Poirier astatine UFC 264 successful 2021. The Irishman was acceptable to combat Michael Chandler successful June astatine UFC 303, but was forced to propulsion retired of the contention owed to an injury, with his instrumentality to the cage present being enactment backmost until the caller year.

The Irishman precocious took to societal media to share his antagonistic drugs tests result and issued a yet different plea to the UFC arsenic helium eyes a instrumentality to the cage. He admitted precocious that helium whitethorn not perpetrate his aboriginal to the MMA promotion aft the last 2 fights of his contract. "I don't know. I don't deliberation anyone knows. What happens afterwards, arsenic I'm a escaped agent, I'm not sure," helium said.