{"id":323636,"date":"2019-08-27T12:47:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323636"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:47:22","slug":"michael-bisping-gives-take-on-conor-mcgregor-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-gives-take-on-conor-mcgregor-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping gives take on Conor McGregor apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When video surfaced showing Conor McGregor punching <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/floyd-mayweather-sr-i-would-beat-the-st-out-of-conor-mcgregor\/\">an older man<\/a> at a bar in Dublin, the Irish star immediately had some explaining to do.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor did that explaining in an interview with ESPN last week, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-breaks-silence-on-punching-man-in-pub\/\">also offered an apology.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn reality, it doesn\u2019t matter what happened there,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI was in the wrong. That man deserved to enjoy his time in the pub without having it end the way it did. And although five months ago it was and I tried to make amends, and I made amends back then. That does not even matter, I was in the wrong. I must come here before you and take accountability and take responsibility. I owe it to the people that have been supporting me. I owe it to my mother, my father, my family. I owe it to the people who trained me in martial arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not who I am,\u201d McGregor continued. \u201cThat\u2019s not the reason why I got into martial arts or studying combat sports. The reason I got into it was to defend against that type of scenario. So to see that, although months ago I have been making steps and continually making steps to do better and be better, to see it is like a dagger into my heart as a new martial artist. So, I\u2019m just here to own up to that and move on and carry on and face what\u2019s coming with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/believe-you-me\/id1212985132?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Believe You Me<\/em><\/a> podcast, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping reacted to this apology as Conor McGregor. He seems to appreciate the Irishman&#8217;s apology, but recognizes damage control when he sees it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what I mean, good for him, he went on a little PR campaign there from last week after what surfaced,&#8221; Bisping said of McGregor (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/michael-bisping-slams-conor-mcgregor-he-went-on-little-pr-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;And he\u2019s trying to apologize and he\u2019s trying to hold his hand up, which is admirable. And he\u2019s trying to get back in the game. But, yeah, it is what it is.\u201d<\/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\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When video surfaced showing Conor McGregor punching an older man at a bar in Dublin, the Irish star immediately had some explaining to do. McGregor did that explaining in an interview with ESPN last week, and also offered an apology.\u00a0 \u201cIn reality, it doesn\u2019t matter what happened there,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI was in the wrong. 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