It’s almost difficult to remember that just a few years ago Conor McGregor was one of the most popular and well-known athletes across the globe following a pair of fights against Nate Diaz, becoming the first ever simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history and putting on a megafight with Floyd Mayweather.
Those days seem long gone now with McGregor inactive in his fight career since 2021 and most of the biggest headlines attached to his name involve arrests, ugly accusations and even lawsuits. The latest incident is a jury in Ireland finding him liable for sexual assault after a lawsuit was filed against McGregor following allegations dating back to 2018.
While McGregor has maintained his innocence with plans to appeal the verdict, he’s once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons with no telling if he’ll ever turn things around.
“Conor’s going to be in a shitstorm here,” UFC legend Matt Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “Obviously he’s going to be fined financially, I don’t think he’s got any problems there. But I think public wise, publicity wise, it’s going to hurt him for sure. It should.
“Whether he was convicted criminally or not, which you said we’re not going to get into, whether he actually did it or not, he was found civilly liable and the fact is he put himself in a situation where something like this could happen. Now, he’s got to pay the consequences for it. It should be publicly held accountable for it.”
Matt Brown: Conor McGregor caught in ‘sh*tstorm,’ and ‘UFC can’t save him’ - MMA Fighting
