Following Conor McGregor’s loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on Saturday, a new video has emerged in which McGregor, from the Octagon canvas, appears to threaten to kill Poirier and his wife in their sleep.
McGregor lost the fight due to doctor stoppage after he broke his ankle. But that didn’t stop him from trash talking Poirier, who accused McGregor of uttering death threats his way after the fight, which the new video appears to confirm.
“In your sleep you’re getting it,” McGregor can be heard saying in the clip multiple times. Due to the surrounding noise, it’s difficult to fully hear what else McGregor is saying, but none of it seems to be all that friendly. McGregor also suggests that their rivalry “ain’t over.” Previous clips of McGregor after the fight showed McGregor clearly pointing at Poirier, although these videos proved mostly inaudible.
While the full extent of McGregor’s remarks in the new video are unclear, the “Out Of Context MMA” Twitter account reports him saying “In your sleep you’re getting it, in your sleep you’re dead, you and your Mrs, it ain’t over,” in reference to Poirier’s wife, Jolie.
Numerous clips of Poirier speaking about McGregor’s behavior following his injury appear to further confirm that threats were made. “He was sitting there on the mat with the broken leg, pointing… [gestures a finger gun to his head] telling me he’s gonna kill me still,” Poirier said on Saturday. “What are you doing bro? That’s disgusting. I’ll break his other leg.”
In the weeks leading up to the fight, McGregor suggested he would “murder” Poirier in the octagon, which evidently didn’t happen. “Listen, Connor said some nasty stuff that didn’t make it on [UFC] Embedded, and maybe when this behind-the-scenes for this fight airs you’ll see him on the ground still saying some real bad stuff,” he said in a press conference.
McGregor has yet to offer a response to Poirier’s claims directly, but he has recently confirmed that he’ll spend the next six weeks or so on crutches before he’ll be back to training. “It was not to be. Dustin you can celebrate that illegitimate win all you want, but you done nothing in there,” he said in a clip posted to Twitter. “That second round would’ve shown all.”
