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​Conor McGregor receives death threats, hires bodyguards 'Rocky' and 'Drago'

He may have been submitted by Nate Diaz in March, but Conor McGregor is still pretty tough. If someone makes a death threat against you, though, you have to assume he has a weapon. Therefore, it’s understandable McGregor hired a pair of bodyguards to follow him around.

McGregor, per the Irish Mirror (via SB Nation), says he has received death threats and is being stalked. These threats are not believed to be related to the ones he heard over Twitter earlier this year from a person allegedly toting an AK-47.

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So when McGregor accompanied his girlfriend Dee Devlin on Friday night to the VIP Style Awards in Dublin — where Devlin was honored as the Most Stylish Newcomer — two bodyguards were right there with them.