Conor McGregor's mouth undoubtedly earns him the UFC's utmost favor when he's in the building promoting or talking smack through one of his fights. When he's in the building yapping away from outside of the ring though, that's a different story.
McGregor flew out to Poland in support of longtime SBG Ireland teammate Artem Lobov (13-14-1, 1 NC), as he took to the octagon to compete against Andre Fili (17-5) at UFC Fight Night 118 (Oct. 21). McGregor got so passionate with the instructions he was pitching Lobov that he forced referee Marc Goddard to call a stop to the action.
Lobov looked confused, as did Fili, who was positioned on top of him. Both men stopped fighting as Goddard walked over to confront McGregor, telling him to "sit down please" and "be professional."
While McGregor's loud presence only worked to draw attention to him, the actual reason Goddard reportedly asked him to pardon himself had to do with him not being one of Lobov's licensed cornermen. To the misfortune of team SBG, Lobov wound up losing the fight by unanimous decision.
