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Malignaggi on McGregor: ‘One of the Biggest Dirtbags I've Ever Met'

Paulie Malignaggi says he only wanted to help Conor McGregor in his training leading up to his megafight with Floyd Mayweather later this month and left his camp because of the way he was treated.

McGregor and Mayweather are scheduled to fight Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The former boxer agreed to be McGregor's sparring partner and says things began to go bad immediately after arriving in Las Vegas, starting with his living conditions.

"It’s in a dilapidated neighborhood. It’s a rundown house,” Malignaggi said to the MMA Hour. “I mean, yeah, it works.