Malignaggi, who was flown in from New York to help McGregor prepare for his blockbuster boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, abruptly left McGregor’s training camp this week after just two sparring sessions because he felt he was being exploited. Malignaggi demanded the UFC release footage of their unofficial scraps so the truth could be told as to why he bounced.
Yeah, about that…
McGregor’s camp had released photos of their sparring session that showed Malignaggi on his back and McGregor standing over him, which insinuated that the UFC lightweight champion had knocked him down. Malignaggi, a former two-time boxing champion, claimed that it was because of a “push down,” not from a knockdown.