{"id":262277,"date":"2017-10-24T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262277"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:25:55","slug":"andre-fili-comments-fake-conor-mcgregor-use-gay-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/andre-fili\/andre-fili-comments-fake-conor-mcgregor-use-gay-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Fili Comments on &#8216;Fake&#8217; Conor McGregor After His Use of a Gay Slur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Fili put on a great performance <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-andre-fili-ufc-gdansk-conor-mcgregor\/\">against Artem Lobov at UFC Gdansk<\/a>, but unfortunately it was overshadowed by Conor McGregor twice. In the midst of the fight before his right hand man Lobov would square off against Team Alpha Male&#8217;s Fili, the crowd erupted as McGregor entered the arena. This fever pitch was only amplified in the featherweight clash as McGregor ran around cageside, screaming to his teammate during the fight. However, it was his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/video-conor-mcgregor-uses-some-choice-words-while-attempting-to-console-artem-lobov\/\">choice words after the fight<\/a> that found him in hot water. Andre Fili expressed his criticism of McGregor&#8217;s behavior and detailed his interactions with him post-fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s no need to use words like that. You don\u2019t need to demean other people to make yourself seem bigger. Whenever you hear someone use that word or call someone a \u2018bitch,\u2019 that makes you look so insecure.\u00a0Don\u2019t be fake with me. I\u2019m as real a person as you\u2019re going to meet. You\u2019re always going to know where you stand with me. For him to say what he said and then turn right around and act like we\u2019re cool, that\u2019s so fake.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you missed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchyFili?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TouchyFili<\/a> taunting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a> before beating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RusHammerMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RusHammerMMA<\/a>, then here you go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MAOU1j1GsR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MAOU1j1GsR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GaxoZa0ESA\">pic.twitter.com\/GaxoZa0ESA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAjunkie\/status\/921891356422889474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"TEYhMS\">\u201cI told [Conor McGregor] it was all about the fight, what happened in the fight stayed there, and that I respected him. I thought we were cool. I meant it, too. I know having Conor in the middle of my fight means I get way more attention, I have more Twitter and Instagram followers now and I\u2019ll make more money. I know what he\u2019s done to lift the sport.\u00a0But then, while I\u2019m doing my interview, unbeknownst to me, he\u2019s in the back calling me that word, while I\u2019m in the cage doing my interview. Then when I\u2019m in back getting my medicals done, Conor walks up to me and he shakes my hand and tells me he respects me and that we had a bond because of The Ultimate Fighter and I told him I respected him.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/10\/24\/16536498\/after-gay-slur-andre-fili-believes-conor-mcgregor-was-fake-with-him\">Andre Fili speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No stranger to controversy, this isn&#8217;t the first time Conor McGregor has done something controversial and it probably won&#8217;t be the last. This adds a whole new facet to the ordeal if these interactions with Conor McGregor are true. Since the fight, Artem Lobov has brought up the idea of potentially retiring or getting released from his contract to box. Andre Fili will move on and look to end his nine-fight, win-one-lose-one pattern with a victory over whoever he&#8217;s going to fight next.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/24\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Fili put on a great performance against Artem Lobov at UFC Gdansk, but unfortunately it was overshadowed by Conor McGregor twice. In the midst of the fight before his right hand man Lobov would square off against Team Alpha Male&#8217;s Fili, the crowd erupted as McGregor entered the arena. 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