Boxer Logan Paul and former UFC champion Conor McGregor had a heated exchange on their way to President Trump’s inaugural election.
The two fighters were initially in talks of having a bout later this year, but UFC, who have plans to book McGregor for a return this year, put these discussions to rest. The failed fight has left a weird chemistry between McGregor and the Paul brothers. The fighters finally had an interaction last month where both were guests at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration but McGregor did not look too happy seeing Logan Paul. While seated in a bus transporting them to a venue.
McGregor got into it with the brothers and said he was “going to slap the head off the two of you and KSI”. The exchange was caught on a viral video, but Paul seemed pretty relaxed and even laughed during the incident.
During an episode of his Impaulsive Podcast, Paul spoke about his altercation with McGregor. Paul says he was a bit disappointed by the Irishman’s behaviour and felt sorry for him.
“I watched back that footage of Conor talking shit to us,” Paul said. “He said he’s going to slap me, Jake and KSI and then you can see me and Jake like belly laugh. We’re fully laughing at what used to be one of the scariest, baddest men on the planet.
“As a person who used to be a big fan of Conor McGregor, like back in the day he pioneered crossover boxing, all of that stuff, I watched it back and I actually felt sad. I was like this is a statement that at one point would have actually made us feel fear and now two YouTubers are laughing at this washed up, cracked out fighter, who’s unhinged and there’s no truth in what he’s saying.”
“They stuck us on a bus together like some sort of f*cking high school field trip,” Paul said. “We were told McGregor was going to pull up like moments [before it happened]. Like ‘just so you know, McGregor’s on the same bus.’ It’s 7 a.m. Jake and I are looking at each other like dude, what are you thinking? This is a horrible idea.
“We all came to the conclusion that this is a bigger mission at play here, Donald Trump’s inauguration. Let’s behave as best as we can. Today we’re going to sign as much of a peace treaty as we can. McGregor was very respectful [but] very cracked out, the guy’s got issues. He’s got issues. He’s so entertaining, but he has so much energy at 7:30 a.m. … he’s permanently wired.”
Paul revealed that he and his brother agreed on a truce with McGregor before getting on the bus with McGregor, but the Irishman did not agree. After the conclusion of the festivities, Paul says McGregor approached him yet again and continued to trash-talk him and his brother.
“It was constantly simmering between us and at a few points, it got to like a boiling point,” Paul revealed. “Jake and I knew anyway that if one of us said one comment that was over the line, it would have been f*cked Actually f*cked.
“Nobody wanted to be that person at the inauguration to get into a fight and like embarrass yourself and make a bad look for your country.”
McGregor has been out of the cage for some a while now and was set to return last year but suffered an injury followed by a sexual assault charge. Since this lawsuit, some brands have dropped the fighter and has been getting into fights and online banters with other fighters and even some of his fans. Despite his current reputation, McGregor still plans on making a big comeback although others are not so sure the fighter will be able to recover from his current downward spiral.
“He’s not working anything because he’s not working,” Paul said about McGregor. “He’s not doing anything except drugs. Two YouTubers laughed in his face. He used to be one of the baddest men on the planet. The fall from grace of Conor McGregor is really sad.”
