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Topics: Conor McGregor, UFC
Nasir Jabbar
The man who was punched by Conor McGregor in a pub gave a brilliant response after being barred by the UFC fighter.
McGregor made headlines but for all the wrong reasons when he was caught landing two punches on a man in an Ibiza nightclub.
It's not the first time he has seen red in a public setting.
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In 2019, the ex-UFC champion punched Desmond Keogh after he refused to drink a shot of his whiskey with him.
The incident took place at the Marble Arch pub in Dublin, Ireland.
Two years later, McGregor purchased the pub and immediately banned Desmond.
On social media, he wrote: "Yeah, and yer man’s barred."
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But Desmond said he wasn't phased by his apparent ban despite the March Arch being his local pub for the past 14 years.
"I’m not really concerned because I probably wouldn’t be going back to it now. I wouldn't be going back anyway, probably especially now," he told the Irish Mirror.
“I wouldn’t want to be spending money in his pub to be honest."
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Desmond found out about being barred after reading it in the paper and said McGregor's social media post didn't bother him.
"I didn’t really make much of it. It’s no skin off my nose really," he added.
"I’ve a lot of friends there. I probably drank there for about 14 years.
"The fact that he was in the wrong you know why blame me? It seems weird to me.
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"It's disingenuous."
McGregor pleaded guilty to assault and paid a €1,000 fine over the incident.
But Desmond believes a bigger fine was warranted.
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"It was ok. Put it that way. I thought he might have got a bigger fine from the court, that’s all," he said.
After pleading guilty, McGregor issued a statement in which he apologised to Desmond.
It read: "What I did was very wrong and I’d like to apologise again to the injured party and today before the court and assure you that nothing of this nature will happen again."