{"id":282740,"date":"2018-08-11T18:50:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T01:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282740"},"modified":"2018-08-11T18:50:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T01:50:58","slug":"conor-mcgregor-and-paulie-malignaggis-twitter-beef-is-back-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-and-paulie-malignaggis-twitter-beef-is-back-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi’s Twitter beef is back on"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time last year, Conor McGregor was closing in on his headline-dominating boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. His biggest opponent outside the ring, however, was retired boxer Paulie Malignaggi.<\/p>\n

McGregor and Malignaggi went from allies to enemies in a matter of weeks. Initially, Malignaggi was brought into McGregor’s training camp to help him prepare for his debut boxing match. After McGregor and his team began gloating about an alleged knockdown that the Irishman allegedly scored on the boxer in a sparring session, things promptly went south.<\/p>\n

The pair engaged in numerous social media skirmishes, and even had words in person a few times. While McGregor seemed ready to let this one go once his fight with Mayweather was in the rear-view, Malignaggi was not, and even attempted to set up a boxing match with the MMA star.<\/p>\n

Eventually, of course, this beef fizzled out.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it’s been resuscitated one the one year anniversary of McGregor’s alleged knockdown of Malignaggi.<\/p>\n

Round two of this high-profile combat sports beef started when McGregor reflected on the infamous Malignaggi knockdown on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Time flies when you are on your ass. https:\/\/t.co\/YDhLHi2p0o<\/a><\/p>\n

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n