Dana White: Conor McGregor ‘slapped Aldo’s back’ on Toronto morning show, now Aldo ‘is crazy’

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Following eight stops on the UFC 189 World Tour, it is to no one’s surprise that Ireland’s Conor McGregor is beginning to get under Jose Aldo’s skin.

Ahead of their most recent press conference in Toronto, McGregor and Aldo were featured on a morning show. While the producers were attempting to seat the combatants, UFC President Dana White revealed that McGregor found the opportunity to really frustrate Aldo.

“He’s trying to put Conor McGregor in a seat behind [Aldo] and Conor McGregor reached over and slapped Aldo’s back,” White said. “And now Aldo is crazy and doesn’t want to do most the stuff we have to do today. It’s been fun.”

The featherweight champion did take part in the interview, as well as the press conference later in the day. However, he did not look particularly excited to be seated at either place.

“Jose Aldo does not like Conor McGregor, and Conor McGregor is good at pushing his buttons,” White added.

The UFC 189 event is scheduled to take place on July 11^th in Las Vegas, Nevada. A welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald is scheduled for the co-main event of the evening.

Transcription taken from MMAFighitng.com.

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Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.