McGregor is being threatened by the Irish mafia, says journalist

C. McGregor would have problems with mobsters (Photo: Reproduction Facebook Conor McGregor)

The fight starring the UFC champion Conor McGregor in an Irish bar last Sunday may have gotten him in trouble with the local mob. According to Paul Williams, a renowned Irish crime journalist, the fighter was being threatened by the Kinahans, who control a local drug cartel, and was even at risk of death, as the father of one of their members was hit by McGregor during the fight. confusion.

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According to Williams, the mob members do not care about McGregor's status or importance to Irish sporting culture and he is expected to be approached soon by local police, who will warn him that he is in danger.

"Conor McGregor It's in a very dangerous place right now. He has come into conflict, though probably through no fault of his own, with a group of very, very dangerous people who are linked to the Kinahans (Irish drug cartel). These people don't care who Conor McGregor is, what he represents, how powerful he is. They will drag you to the pit. I would say, within the next 48 hours, if he's still in the country - and I understand he's maybe left the country - but if he's still in the country, I understand from my sources that the police are going to approach him to give him a form GIM, which is a Garda Information Message, to tell him that there may be threats to his safety,” Williams stated on his “Newstalk Breakfast” TV show, clearly speaking about a serious threat to the fighter’s life, according to its sources.

"Conor McGregor is potentially in very, very serious danger, I hear from my sources and from looking at the horizon. He ended up getting involved – accidentally or otherwise – with some very, very heavy people, or some people who are linked to some very, very heavy people, who could present a very serious threat to his safety, and potentially his life. And I don’t say that jokingly,” said the journalist.

According to the local newspaper “Irish Sun”, Kinahan would be charging around 900 thousand euros (R$ 3,4 million) to “forget” the incident with Conor McGregor. During the confusion last Sunday (26), the UFC champion allegedly hit, unintentionally, the father of one of the members of the drug cartel, which controls drug trafficking in the Irish capital, but the fighter's initial target was something other than It is not known whether he is also linked to Kinahan. According to the English newspaper “Daily Mail”, three men in total were involved in the fight with Conor.