Paulie Malignaggi and Artem Lobov briefly got into a physical confrontation during a media session for the upcoming Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 5 card.
Former two division UFC champion and training partner of Lobov in Conor McGregor, in response to Malignaggi’s attack, would take to Twitter to post a plethora of pictures from his sparring session several years back against Malignaggi.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 3, 2019
The rivalry between McGregor and Malignaggi began during McGregor’s sparring session with the retired boxer in the lead up to The Money Fight, when the UFC star posted photos of himself dropping Malignaggi during that sparring session.