Conor McGregor is ‘a bully with money’ says pub punch victim as UFC star admits ‘I was in the wrong’

Man punched by Irish MMA icon in Dublin bar ‘very shaken’ by incident and ‘didn’t leave the house for days’

McGregor says ‘I must get my head screwed on’ and ‘stop reacting to the bait’

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Conor McGregor poses for cameras following a press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: AFP

Published: 3:59pm, 23 Aug 2019Updated: 3:59pm, 23 Aug 2019

The elderly man punched by Conor McGregor in a Dublin pub has called him “a bully with money” as the UFC star broke his silence to admit his guilt and apologise.

The victim – who spoke to the Irish Daily Star on condition of anonymity – had refused a shot of the former two-division UFC champion’s personal “Proper No 12” whiskey brand.

Last week, TMZ published footage of the April 2019 incident, with Irish police are investigating.

“I can take a punch. It was sore for about a week. It wasn’t killing me or anything. I don’t like the man. I think he is getting a bad rep,” the victim said. “He is a bit of a bully. A bully with money. I’m glad people saw the video. I don’t like him.”

“He didn’t feel the pain of it at the time but the next day he was in bits. It was a proper hard hit,” a source close to the victim told the Irish Sunday Mirror.

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