{"id":323255,"date":"2019-08-22T07:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323255"},"modified":"2019-08-22T07:27:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:27:35","slug":"alleged-conor-mcgregor-victim-breaks-silence-i-can-take-a-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alleged-conor-mcgregor-victim-breaks-silence-i-can-take-a-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Conor McGregor victim breaks silence: &#8216;I can take a punch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons after video surfaced of him <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-conor-mcgregor-allegedly-punches-elderly-man-in-bar\/\">sucker-punching<\/a> an older man inside a pub in Ireland. Apparently, McGregor offered the man some of his Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey. The man declined \u2014 and according to some accounts, called the whiskey &#8220;s**t&#8221; \u2014 and was rewarded with a fist to the noggin.<\/p>\n<p>The man in question has now commented on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzz.ie\/news\/man-struck-mcgregor-speaks-335606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Daily Star<\/a>, the man, who is choosing to remain anonymous, gave his take on what happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sitting on the bar stool just having a quiet pint with my friend then all of a sudden because I refuse his drink I get a punch,&#8221; he said of his encounter with Conor McGregor. &#8220;you don\u2019t need that in life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like the man. I think he is getting a bad rep,&#8221; the man added. &#8220;He is a bit of a bully, a bully with money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man admitted that being walloped by one of the UFC&#8217;s most famous knockout punchers was not a fun experience \u2014 no surprise \u2014 but reassured that he can take a punch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook-it, I can take a punch,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the reports covering this unfortunate Conor McGregor incident referred to this Irish mystery man as &#8220;old&#8221; or &#8220;elderly,&#8221; perhaps due to the fact that he appeared to have a full head of grey hair.<\/p>\n<p>He seems to want the world to know he&#8217;s not\u00a0<em>that\u00a0<\/em>old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 50,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor is facing a minor assault charge for this incident, and he has been summoned to appear at Dublin District Court to face the music.<\/p>\n<p>Having heard the side of the alleged victim, what are your thoughts on this alleged Conor McGregor incident? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 8\/22\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons after video surfaced of him sucker-punching an older man inside a pub in Ireland. Apparently, McGregor offered the man some of his Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey. The man declined \u2014 and according to some accounts, called the whiskey &#8220;s**t&#8221; \u2014 and was rewarded with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":322512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alleged Conor McGregor victim breaks silence: &#039;I can take a punch&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The man who was seemingly punched by Conor McGregor inside a pub in Ireland has broken his silence in an interview with the Irish Daily Star.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alleged-conor-mcgregor-victim-breaks-silence-i-can-take-a-punch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alleged Conor McGregor victim breaks silence: &#039;I can take a punch&#039; 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