Conor McGregor reflects on his controversial past ahead of UFC 329

UFC star Conor McGregor has taken the time to reflect on the many controversies he’s been involved in outside of the cage.

In the main event of UFC 329, Conor McGregor will make his first walk to the Octagon in five years when he goes head to head with Max Holloway. Of course, there’s a great deal of excitement in the air for those who have supported him throughout the course of his career, but the Irishman always has critics – and given some of the things that have happened away from fighting, that makes sense.

Conor McGregor has had several run-ins with the law over the years, including being found liable in a civil rape case. There will still be those who want to focus solely on what’s happening with respect to his actual fighting career, but when you’re someone like McGregor, there is no way of ignoring it.

In a recent interview, Conor McGregor had the following to say when talking about his past.

Conor McGregor discusses controversial past

“Fame has its pitfalls,” McGregor told Paramount. “You better move carefully in this world, for sure, probably even more so now. I’ve taken a lot of lessons in my life, and it’s just about self-discovery. Studying yourself. Learning yourself. Learning triggers. I find myself even now still in a fight with an old version of me or old ways that don’t serve me and new ways and a new version of me, the new me so I still find myself in this balance. Right now.

“More as a human. I went through some treatment, I done a lot of self-reflective work on myself. Internal work and it was outside of this bubble that we find ourself now when I return to the fight game.”

“It’s easy to fall into old habits. You have to be careful. You have to practice with people, places, things, protect people, places, things. Don’t find yourself in similar places that you would have been. I’m still in that fight. Competition for me and activity and work helps that for sure. I still have work to do.”

Quotes via MMA Fighting

While many will continue to question why the UFC have decided to give Conor a platform again, there’s no denying that there are a lot of people out there who are intrigued to see what he looks like after such a long spell on the shelf.