You know how Conor McGregor typically is: he’d like to apologize … to absolutely nobody! The double champ does what he wants! But it finally seems to be dawning on the Irish UFC superstar that he was in the wrong for jumping into the Bellator cage and basically assaulting two officials at the end of his teammate Charlie Ward’s fight.
The fallout hasn’t been great: despite the event taking place in Ireland, American athletic commissions are looking into whether they can suspend McGregor over the incident. People are also looking to the UFC to reign in their athlete, especially after he was given a pass by the promotion after being caught on film last month calling another fighter a f*ggot.
The UFC claims they removed McGregor from UFC 219 on December 30th over this latest incident, but that’s a debatable punishment considering McGregor was never actually booked to fight on the UFC 219 card in the first place. But at least now McGregor is taking to social media to apologize for his actions.
Here’s his statement in full:
I sincerely apologize for my behavior at last weekends fight event in Dublin. While trying to support a loyal teammate and friend, I let my emotions get the best of me and acted out of line. As a multiple weight UFC champion, executive producer, role model and public figure, I must hold myself to a higher standard.
The referee Marc Godard was making a horrendous decision in trying to pick an unconscious fighter up off the floor and force the fight to continue into the second round. Even against the wishes of the said fighters coach. The fight was over.
After witnessing my fighter in a fight where the worst happened and the opponent passed away from his injuries on the night, I thought the worst was about to happen again, and I lost it and over reacted. I am sorry to everyone.
I sincerely apologize to the Director of the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation, Mike Mazzulli, all the officials and staff working the event, Andy Ryan and his fighter John, two stonch ones that put up a great fight every time. That side will always have my respect, and lastly every one of my fans. I love yous all!
I’ve always learned from my mistakes and this will be no different.
That’s not quite the best of apologies … he still craps on ref Marc Goddard and smears him with the claim that Goddard was trying to keep the bout going in the other fighter’s favor. But at least it’s better than McGregor’s original social media posting on the subject, which went up and down in a matter of minutes:
