In the immediate aftermath of the blockbuster Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor boxing match, UFC lightweight champion McGregor credited referee Robert Byrd for his professionalism.
Having had time to reflect and review the video footage, however, ‘The Notorious’ has had a change of heart.
Byrd, a Hall of Fame boxing referee, is married to Adalaide Bird, the judge who was suspended for her controversial scoring of the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez fight last month.
“Adalaide Byrd’s husband Robert Byrd, that’s all I’ll say on that,” McGregor told UFC reporter Caroline Pearce in a recent interview in Glasgow (h/t Peter Carroll of MMA Fighting).