Conor McGregor has threatened to "go to war" with fellow ex-UFC champion Michael Bisping if the Manchester native doesn't back down in their recently reignited feud.
The former featherweight and lightweight champion has made an enemy of ex-middleweight title holder Bisping over the past few years, and brought their feud back when he mocked his acting career in a recent 'tweet-and-delete'. And he didn't appreciate it when the legendary British fighter returned fire on his podcast, telling him he would travel to his home.
McGregor has been working on his Hollywood acting debut in the Dominican Republic, where he is filming a remake of Road House alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. And he took to Twitter to call other fighters trying to get into the acting world "little twerps", specifically taking aim at Bisping.
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“All these little twerps wannabe actors now,” McGregor wrote. “Little twerps, There’s Only One Mac Daddy. Bad to the bone but with a good heart. Action with Jake [Gyllenhaal] or rom com with Sarah Jessica [Parker]. Bisping, 'member that show you were in. Yeah, me neither.”
When Bisping told McGregor that he had better keep up his security detail when the pair see each other next at a UFC event, the Irishman took great offence and decided to hit back verbally. However, his voice note was quickly removed, although not in enough time to stop a fan from recording and reposting it.
"Do you want to go to war, man, yeah?" McGregor asked Bisping in a late-night voice message. "Do you want to go to f***ing war? I'll go to war with you, yeah. Security you little sausage of a thing, I'll have security set you up, where do you stay when you're in Vegas again, pal? Little Apex f**** pad.
"Keep my name out of your f***ing mouth in any type of threatening behaviour, or I'll walk through your front door. Yup Laguna [the area where Bisping lives in California], you little dope. Yup the Mancs yeah, go back where you belong you little clown, you little sprinter."
Bisping has been asked about the incident by fans on social media and insists that he has no bad blood with the Irishman despite their lengthy feud. It is believed that McGregor was in line to take the role that ultimately ended up with his rival in 2017's xXx with Vin Diesel, although Bisping claims that he earned the part fair and square.
"Ain’t no beef at this end," he told one fan. "I don’t even think about him. He just came out the blue chatting s*** about my acting work for some reason so we had a laugh about it on the podcast. Have a good one bro." When another fan pushed Bisping further, he responded: "Water off a ducks back man. Can’t get upset at every little thing people say online. F*** I’d be going after everyone."
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