{"id":309019,"date":"2019-04-08T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T16:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309019"},"modified":"2019-04-08T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T16:40:52","slug":"report-conor-mcgregor-accused-of-assaulting-man-in-dublin-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-conor-mcgregor-accused-of-assaulting-man-in-dublin-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT | Conor McGregor accused of assaulting man in Dublin bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The legal troubles appear to be continuing for former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor. According to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Mirror (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/mma\/conor-mcgregor-accused-punching-man-14251526\" target=\"_blank\">The Mirror<\/a>, the Irish MMA star is being accused of assaulting a fellow patron inside a bar called the Marble Arch in the Drimnagh suburb of his native Dublin, Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was first reported by Dizz on Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\/status\/1114663988837650433\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Surprise, surprise. I\u2019m hearing some guy at the Marble Arch in Drimnagh, Ireland just got lit up by [Conor McGregor].  Apparently CM was buying rounds of whiskey for the entire bar. Somebody shouted out something about him getting smashed by a Russian. CM walked up and lit him up.&#8221;\u00a0&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0Dizz\u00a0on\u00a0Twitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per The Mirror&#8217;s report, this incident allegedly occurred on Saturday night, after Conor McGregor got into a verbal exchange with the victim. It&#8217;s been reported that somebody in the bar \u2014 it&#8217;s unclear if it was the victim or somebody else \u2014 told McGregor &#8220;The Russian battered you.&#8221; This comment, of course, is in reference to McGregor&#8217;s October loss to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gardai, the Irish police force, have confirmed they are investigating an alleged assault\u00a0at the pub in question. McGregor has not been named as the perpetrator of the assault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid a laundry list of legal troubles, Conor McGregor recently announced his retirement from MMA. He ended that retirement just days after it began, opening the door to a host of exciting matchups in the UFC lightweight division. 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