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Conor McGregor, Paulie Malignaggi get in each other’s faces at grand arrival press event

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The rift between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi seemed to have died down the past few days. But things escalated once again as McGregor was doing interviews before the grand arrival press event on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

As seen on the video, McGregor was heard saying “get over it”, likely referring to the controversial sparring videos that were released by UFC president Dana White on social media. Malignaggi then responded by repeatedly asking, “Did you bring your balls, Conor?”

Malignaggi was expectedly bombarded with questions by reporters afterwards. According to him, he was talking to McGregor’s manager Audie Attar about the videos, to which Attar responded by saying that Malignaggi “talked out of his contract.