Conor McGregor hasn’t even fought Eddie Alvarez yet and already he’s putting the work in with a brand spanking new rivalry.
After successfully weighing in ahead of the lightweight title fight that will headline Saturday night’s UFC 205 card, ‘The Notorious’ came face to face with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and neither man backed down.
Interesting… https://t.co/4oabvKewiL
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) November 11, 2016
It seemed to be something of a storm in a teacup as no more than a stern glance was exchanged between the fighters but it remains one interesting narrative from a very busy day in mixed martial arts as we’ve seen fights scrapped, catchweights established and a bizarre weigh-in for ‘Jacare’ Souza all within a few hours.
The McGregor vs. Woodley story continued into the afternoon in New York City as they went at it on Twitter.
@TWooodley @arielhelwani Twitter bitch you’ll do nothing
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 11, 2016
@TWooodley bitch
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 11, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA funny how you was dead ass quiet on stage and didn’t say ? about getting these paws. But call me a bitch on twitter. Hmmm
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) November 11, 2016
‘The Chosen One’ then explained what happened when he crossed paths with the outspoken Irishman who’s not afraid of a fight.
“I had already weighed in and went to go grab some more water so had to go around him to get the water so I said ‘What’s up man?’ and walked past him,” Woodley told MMA Fighting.
“He kind of had a mug so I turned back and said ‘What’s up?’ and he was like ‘What’s up?’ so I don’t know what people saw on the video but I’m not that guy.
“This is fighting but there are other layers to where I’m from. You can’t call me a bitch. That’s like a slap in the face where I’m from. You don’t just call another dude a bitch.
“I had issues with Matt Brown because he did that but when I was in his face he didn’t say anything. He was completely quiet in the locker room, mainly because he’d just lost but that’s just something you don’t cross the line on with me.
“McGregor didn’t call me anything. He called a handle on Twitter that. He didn’t call me anything. He called me a Twitter bitch.
“I’ve got a fight. I’m defending my strap and I’m not worried about Conor. It’s a dope ass card, I’m excited to be on it. I’m not going to act like I’m complaining that he’s on the card because my commas go to the left.
“I’ve already got a fight, I’m not trying to get on Twitter. IÂ just wanted to be clear because some people had a misconception about what happened in that little deal and it was really nothing.”
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