{"id":305520,"date":"2019-03-14T06:58:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305520"},"modified":"2019-03-14T06:59:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:59:53","slug":"video-footage-of-conor-mcgregor-phone-smashing-incident-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-footage-of-conor-mcgregor-phone-smashing-incident-released\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Footage of Conor McGregor phone-smashing incident released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this week, Conor McGregor was arrested in Miami after allegedly smashing a fan&#8217;s phone. The UFC star was briefly jailed, but released after posting bond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TMZ has now acquired video of this incident. The clip is undeniably short, but it indeed seems to show McGregor stomping on a phone, and the purported victim pleading to get his phone back amid a swarm of security. See it below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conor McGregor Phone Stomping Incident Caught On Video | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCJ4tZDWWng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner of the cell phone Conor McGregor allegedly smashed discussed the incident with TMZ earlier this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe ended up at LIV on a Sunday,\u201d he said of his brush with Conor McGregor. \u2018Blueface was there so we were just seeing what was popping. There were quite a few A-list celebrities over there, Birdman, Blueface, NFL and a few NBA players over there. So we see McGregor in the club and it was all cool or whatnot. On the way out, we were just waiting for our vehicle from the valet. As soon as we go pick it up, I see Conor McGregor. So I tried to take out my little phone. As soon as I pull out my phone, McGregor comes and he tries to shake my hand. As soon as he went to shake my hand he pulled me in, grabbed my phone and started smashing it. All of his security guards literally surrounded me, pushed me out of the way. And he\u2019s stomping on it, there\u2019s a video that will be released soon. He was being real rude like, \u2018Get the fuck out of my face, you don\u2019t just do that.\u2019 So I was like, \u2018Sir can I have my phone back?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd there was all of his security and entourage around him. I just kept asking if I can have my phone back. They were like, \u2018Move man, move, you better listen to what Conor say.\u2019 McGregor then picked up the phone and put it in his pocket, laughed and then he got in his SUV and they drove off. That\u2019s when the hotel manager came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got pictures of my son that I didn\u2019t even save to my iCloud, so that\u2019s what pisses me off the most. Those pictures I am probably not going to ever get again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think will come of this latest Conor McGregor incident?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/14\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Conor McGregor was arrested in Miami after allegedly smashing a fan&#8217;s phone. The UFC star was briefly jailed, but released after posting bond. TMZ has now acquired video of this incident. 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