Not only did Conor McGregor successfully weigh-in for his lightweight title showdown with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in New York City yesterday, he also found time to get into some backstage beef with welterweight champ Tyron Woodley and lightweight No.1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Bad blood between McGregor and Woodley began earlier in the day when McGregor appeared to mean mug ‘T-Wood’ while they both paid a visit to the rehydration table after having each successfully weighed in.
The two then took their growing dislike for each other to social media.
How you act when you know somebody will break it up!? @TheNotoriousMMA @Ealvarezfight @ufc #ufc205 #UFCNYC #ufc pic.twitter.com/YFMAKyxcJk
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) 10 November 2016
@arielhelwani Some of us are really about that that life! The quiet ones are the ones really from the slums. Don't make me go back.
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) 11 November 2016
@TWooodley @arielhelwani Twitter bitch you'll do nothing
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) 11 November 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA Dude Im not them guys u deal w Homie! I'll forget the fight 💩 & go Ferguson! Focus on Eddie & never call me a Bitch again.
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) 11 November 2016
@TWooodley bitch
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) 11 November 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA funny how you was dead ass quiet on stage and didn't say 💩 about getting these paws. But call me a bitch on twitter. Hmmm
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) 11 November 2016
McGregor wasn’t willing to leave it at that though, so at the ‘official’ weigh-ins later that day he attempted to confront him backstage, though Woodley didn’t rise to the bait as you can see for yourself below.
McGregor Vs Woodley:
If that wasn’t enough, Khabib Nurmagomedov then decided to get a piece of the action, informing McGregor that he’d smash his face in as the two fighters were held apart by security.
McGregor Vs Nurmagomedov:
We’ll find out tonight whether McGregor is getting overly distracted by all this when he should be focusing on Alvarez, or if he’ll take it all in his stride and emerge from UFC 205 with a title belt on each shoulder.
