At the official UFC 205 weigh-ins held on Friday morning in New York City, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley got into a bit of a confrontation.
Featured above from the official MMAFighting.com YouTube channel, is video footage of the incident, which shows “The Notorious” one and “The Chosen One” having words while crossing paths at the scale.
McGregor looks to make history by becoming UFC’s first simaltaneous two-division World Champion when he fights reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez with the 155-pound title on-the-line in the main event of Saturday night’s UFC 205 pay-per-view. In the co-main event, Woodley will look to make the first defense of his 170-pound title against number one contender Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.
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UPDATE #1: Tyron Woodley has spoken out, providing details on his confrontation with Conor McGregor from this morning’s official UFC 205 weigh-ins. Watch what “The Chosen One” had to say by clicking here.
UPDATE #2: Woodley and McGregor are now exchanging a number of trash-talk tweets back-and-forth following their brief confrontation this morning. Find out what they are saying to each other by clicking here.