{"id":392549,"date":"2021-08-19T08:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=392549"},"modified":"2021-08-19T08:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:19:30","slug":"anthony-smith-explains-how-conor-mcgregor-has-gone-way-too-far-with-his-social-media-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-explains-how-conor-mcgregor-has-gone-way-too-far-with-his-social-media-antics\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith explains how Conor McGregor has gone &#8220;way too far&#8221; with his social media antics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith explained how superstar Conor McGregor has gone &#8220;way too far&#8221; with his social media antics.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor has been taking to his social media as of late to make numerous vulgar comments about the likes of Dustin Poirier, Daniel Cormier, and Michael Bisping, plus of course all the things he said about Khabib Nurmagomedov in the past. It&#8217;s gotten to the point where his UFC peers, like Smith, are getting tired of his antics. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/anthony-smith-questions-where-conor-mcgregor-gets-his-balls-to-tweet-personal-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKickMMA&#8217;s James Lynch<\/a>, Smith explained why McGregor has gone &#8220;way too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t handle the tweeting stuff. I didn\u2019t like it when he was attacking Khabib (Nurmagomedov) and his family and his religion and the personal stuff. Me and Luke Rockhold have gone back-and-forth several times and neither one of us has ever attacked each other personally. Even Jon (Jones) and I, I mean, it got a little personal but it hasn\u2019t really crossed over to like, too much. He\u2019s made some jokes and he thinks he\u2019s funny and whatever. but it\u2019s never gotten to that point where we were attacking each other\u2019s families,&#8221; Smith said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/anthony-smith-questions-where-conor-mcgregor-gets-his-balls-to-tweet-personal-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKickMMA.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Conor it\u2019s just, it\u2019s too far, it\u2019s way too far. Take all this fighting bullsh*t out of the picture, like people get shot for a lot less than that just walking down the street, I don&#8217;t know. Maybe I just grew up different. Maybe I\u2019ve grown up different and I\u2019ve seen some crazier sh*t&#8230; Like I\u2019m just so shocked that he (McGregor) has the balls to (do this). Like I don\u2019t understand why you feel so free to say things like that, like is he really that untouchable and really just feels like he\u2019s just free to say what he wants? Maybe, I guess he\u2019s got a bunch of security around him. There\u2019s some people that you can\u2019t talk like that about. It\u2019s just weird to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-would-love-to-fight-jiri-prochazka-it-just-looks-like-its-so-much-fun\/\">Anthony Smith<\/a> and his take on Conor McGregor&#8217;s social media antics?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith explained how superstar Conor McGregor has gone &#8220;way too far&#8221; with his social media antics. 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