The lights were dim inside the UFC Performance Institute. It was quiet, except for the voice of one man: Conor McGregor.
McGregor had just been handed a smartphone. On it was a video of he and Paulie Malignaggi sparring. The never-before-seen clip had just been leaked by UFC president Dana White minutes earlier.
For a couple of weeks, McGregor and Malignaggi had been bickering over whether or not McGregor dropped him during the session. The brief video seemed to support McGregor’s assertion: It appeared like the Irishman knocked Malignaggi down.
“Does that look like a push?