Paulie Malignaggi provides in-depth account of what it was like to spar with Conor McGregor before the UFC star's showdown with Floyd Mayweather.
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Paulie doesn't do short answers. Paulie takes you into some Q&A vortex where not only can't you remember the question, you can't remember a time when there was no Paulie talking.
Mr You running on Windows 3.1 on a 486. You need an upgrade. I follow Paulie just fine. The context of the situation is explained very clearly.
Mr 😂💯
You're observant. lol
LOL
Mr LMAO so true
Idk why people hate on Paulie. He didn't get the respect he deserves from the mcgregor camp. As a former 2 division world champ and a high IQ mind in boxing, he should've got better treatment as he has a lot to offer to Conor.
iDominate he has nothing to offer, conor needs to keep his unorthodox style paulie nothing knows of
Paulie was stupid for trying to help a guy like conor then turns around and says "why they treated me like this" lmao his brain has been rattled too many times
@@nyteowl8069 You aint stupid when the offer you big money. Paulie is a legendary boxer. Conors a loser in ALL facets.
We dont the ppl love Paulie. Us real boxers love Paulie. Real fans. Get right with boxing not no damn mma.
Paulie never got the respect he deserves. He’s been robbed more times than any other boxer that I know of.
This man is an incredible story teller, I felt like I was there the entire time. Also bad look for Conor
Wish Ariel would pipe down and let Paulie speak!
The Way Of The View 😂👍😂
There's always one
The Way Of The View must be Irish!!! 😂
The Way Of The View looooooool
Jump in anytime Ariel
Paulie is a genuine guy. You can hear it in his voice.
Who cares about Mayweather, I want to see Conor vs Paulie now.
yeah me to, i wanna see paulie get knocked into the middle of next week
LMAO
dragonskulle wouldn’t happen
I'm sorry but listening to paulie and it tells me he is telling the truth
even so, he should have either gone in knowing how it would be or not gone at all
nickey thinks what?
Conor just Zelenoff'd Paulie with the "lets go light sparring" then haymakers from hell 😂
Chris D lmaoo
lmaooooooo im dying
Best comment 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😝😂
Chris D "Let's keep it light" 😂😂😂😂
Made me smile
Paulie seems very authentic, totally understandable reaction.
He's lying, he has too many memories.. stories.. This is grade A lying.. when you talk this much and constantly make new stories up as the conversation keeps going.. realistically they exchanged a few words.. He's lying. They made a chump of him and he is upset.
+Rob Fournier You're delusional. You want your delusions to be true. You're trying to convince yourself and others that your delusions are true. Reality doesn't care, no matter what your delusions are. Reality is reality, no one is above cold hard facts of reality.
Richard Brown he's a bum
Second, I just sent this interview to my brother in law who is a PHD and researches "Oculesics" and he said with quite certainty that he seems to be lying. his eye movement and body language tells the story. But i guess you are a pro right?
Y'all are retards who sound scared that boxing is about to get a facelift and you're clinging to any shred of hope that mcgregor isn't going to Live up to the hype. They say if you can't beat'em then join'em. Follow nayweathers steps towards defeat and carry that Irish flag for the king.
Paulie is every interviewers dream. And he's smart, hyping up a potential fight with conor in the future..
I'm 15mins in and Ariel is really listening, he never fails to impress me with his listening skills and communication skills, with all his guests.
Absolutely great comment not many would have listened all the way through like that
i rather watch a paulie vs mcgregor fight than mayweather/mcgregor
bob morane still zero chance unfortunately
I believe Paulie. He sounds genuine.
Toonses "paulie nuthugger"
Paulie just wants to fight mcgregor next.....How can people not see this a mile away?
You were either there and saw it go down or youre just taking side because you are a fan of Conor
Toonses cool just go through life w/o critical thinking
J - ...ive been seeing the single hair profile pic a lot lately. Is it a new meme???
If it was a knockdown, why hasn't Conor released video of it? We don't need the full sparring session, just the "knockdown".
When did conor say it was knockdown? or anyone from his camp for that matter.
AndreasTX why should he
I'm a Conor fan but my god some of you guys are seriously burying your heads in the sand. The implication of the picure is *clearly* that Conor knocked Paulie down. You may not understand it, but that's what everyone else got from it, judging by the headlines and the comments surrounding the picture.
AndreasTX nope...I saw a Paulie interview that morning and saw that pic...so I automatically assumed it was it a push down....but it shouldn't matter. This fight isn't about Paulie
Cloudzone lmaoo right
lots of respect for paulie. very humble guy
@Johnny Millard And what do you think now?
Fast forward years later looking at Connors actions outside the ring, Paulie seems to be on point with his assessment of Connor as a person.
Paulie has always kept it real throughout his entire career. anyone who doubts his authenticity obviously just isnt familiar with Paulie or his character.
Alana Corbella facts
How hard is it to release a video if this really happened? Use your heads people. Some of you will eat up everything Conor feeds you.
hand to hand combat why release a video and possibly reveal his game plan?
Man are you guys serious? Have you ever seen anyone get knocked down? If he gives away his game place in a 5 sec clip hes in big trouble. All he has to show is the shot that knocked him down.
Oh I agree fully! Problem is Conors fanboys are buying into the hype.
Abdulrahman Alhumidan don't need a full video. just a 10 second clip will be enough or failing that a simple snap shot would do.
hand to hand combat trump is president. Let that sink inn
What Paulie is saying about his muscle memory coming back exponentially is definitely true. You can use weight lifting as an example. As a long time weight trainer, if take a year off of lifting and go back to the gym with a friend who has been lifting 3 months total, they will definitely be stronger than me the first day. After a week or so, I may catch up a bit. But as the weeks go on, I will start to make much quicker strength gains as the friend is growing at a gradual pace. In Paulie's case, the muscle memory is more so with the msucle's position through space, opposed to its strength or size, but it's a very similar concept.
Adamack Beats Absolutely agree bro. I've been boxing since I was 14 I'm 25 now and I've been out of the gym of almost 3 years. Even though I'm out of shape I still got the old stuff in there it just needs to come out at some point. Ain't no young buck who's learning boxing gonna get the best of me.
Those are slightly diferente concepts though. There's a difference in storing certain movement patterns by tasks, which do get stored and do get better quick when you stop and resume executing them, and being at the gym training strength and/or hypertrophy. In that situation, you get bigger/stronger because you had more sattelite cells and more nuclei in your muscle cells that allow for faster regeneration and more/faster muscle unit recrutement over time. I agree with you, but the analogy is not perfect. Lift are about movement patters and task, but involve more strentght output than throwing a good punch combination and a kick, which definitely envolves MORE about the movement pattern and coordenation.
Adamack Beats 100% right. I played highly competitive B-ball 12 years of my life. Been away from the sport 10 years, whenever I play (every 3 years or so), it come right back
It's been noted already, but props to Aerial for letting Paulie tell his side of the story. As a boxing fan of 20+ years , an Irishman and fan of McGregor, I have to say that if what Paulie said is true, then Conor and his camp are damn right out of order for how they have treated this man and foolish for not recognizing what Malignaggi would have brought to their camp - a former two weight world champion, who has mixed it with some of the finest in the business, highly respected within the boxing circles and has a high boxing IQ. I think Paulie has possibly hit the nail on the head here, McGregor is hindering is own progression though his arrogance to take advice from others. Anyone who thinks that sparring the likes of Lobov or Charlie Ward is going to get Conor ready for the Mayweather fight is delusional. I wish Conor and his team well but personally I think that they have handled things poorly and have lost credibility.
Didn’t Artem Lobov beat Paulie in a bare knuckle boxing match?
@@jakedemaggio8649 that was after all of this, and that doesn't mean much. I'm sure Artem would lose against prime Malignaggi in boxing.
If Paulie is lying throughout this whole thing, he's a damn good liar. Seems quite authentic and to be honest I didn't like him at first, but hearing his story here he comes off as a genuine, standup respectable dude with good morals. To me he's the winner coming out of this, and hate to say it but Connor has let the money, fame, and power get to him. I also wouldn't be surprised if hanging out with Dana White has made his corruption even worse. Dana also used to be a decent guy until the money fame and power got to him (just google about his mom).
Bang on mate I agree
well, conor last job before being a fighter was unclogging toilets no wonder the way he acts now that he has money. the guy has no class.
Dana and Conor ? 2 vry different cats, paulie showed no respect and was given none .. simples
Guy has no class? Have you ever watched his career with fighting? He is one of the most classiest fighters in victory or defeat.
There is two sides to every story. And no Paulie is not the winner here, you don't see Conor talking at all about this bs. Paulie is literally trying to make this all about him, he sounds like a whiny kid.
Areil didn't say one thing for like 15 mins imagine if the call dropped and paulie was just talking to himself for the whole time lolol
I HATE TO AMID IT BUT IT'S PROBABLY 100% TRUE!!!
Credit to go to Ariel not interrupting and just letting that raw emotion flow!
following paulies career I can tell you this guy is genuine. Just look In to it.
Paulie is great to listen too always like hearing him animated ha
Interviewer: How many times did you guys spar? Paulie: 45 minute answer.
Paulie is telling the truth. Been watching him box for 10-15 years. Dude always tells it like it is.
Lets not forget this isnt the first sparring partner who has complained about his posses antics. Nate Diaz needs to humble McGregor.
I have the utmost respect for this 2 time champ, he's never been shy about expressing his opinion but he has never been less than authentic .... I was disappointed @ the outcome, I would rather he stayed the course, but after hearing his side of the equation I can understand why he did not... it's hard to wrap my mind around because I know that Kavanagh & Owen Roddy are class acts, I thought Conor was too ... I don't like the way Paulie was treated.
For all the people saying paulie is in the wrong and saying why is he ranting everywhere. Picture this, he offers to help mcgregor and gets there to find that they are just setting him up to make Conor look good. I mean putting paulie in some crack house in a bad neighbourhood is just so petty. Along with all the photos released without context it's just unnecessary and it shows what Conor's camp are really all about. There's no need for that behaviour, surely you would want paulie to be at his best and taken care of so you can learn from him?
Paulie was right about Conor. Every word.
THATS GOT TO BE THE LONGEST ANSWER TO A QUESTION IVE EVER HEARD !!
The Irish and Italians have never gotten along...
Mad respect to Paulie, kept it nothing but real.
If Paulie did get whipped they'd actually release the footage, especially now. Conor got beat on by Mr. Jersey Shore 2008.
If Paulie got his ass whooped than he would admit it. How do I know?? Because in this very interview, he admitted that Conor got the better of him in the first sparring. So I think Paulie is telling the truth. Paulie isn't really a dishonest guy. He can be petty. But not dishonest.
Ariel Helwani is great, maybe the greatest, because he is completely willing to remain absolutely silent during an interview. He is unique in the realm of sports reportage in his restraint and composure. The story is the story and he lets it breath. This is journalism.
If I was Paulie I would have never went
Much respect to Paulie Malignaggi. Excellent interview.
After hearing this I have lost a lot of respect for Conor McGregor. I hope Floyd fools this dude now.
After hearing one side of the story you lose respect for the person who hasn't told his side yet? That isn't very logical at all. Pretty much all of the evidence we have so far points to Paulie lying.
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz haven't even heard Conor side dude could be straight up lying
You say that like you ever respected Conor to begin with, get outta here
let conor say his piece too son
On TUF Conor talked about T.J being the snake in thre grass and about being loyal but im doubting that he treats people with due respect in camp. Normally i dont trust rumors all that much but i dont think that he is a really pleasant kind of guy
Paulie's been around boxing for a long time. He won a world title, maybe two. He's an excellent commentator and he's very well-liked within the boxing fraternity. He's not a liar.
damn, conor did do him bad... not good.
they need to release the footage
Conor is the new snake in the grass, he obviously does everyone dirty
Never his close-circle friends...
The way Paulie described Conor's camp is how Kevin Lee described Floyd's camp. Floyd has sporadic sparring sessions, sometimes at 3am without warning the sparring partner. If Floyd is dominating, the round goes longer. If Floyd is getting hit too much, he shortens the round.
Ben Franklin in background where is Ari from?
what an interview makes work go by fast.i love listening to Ariel's podcast very professional.
Im the biggest conor fan and i gotta say im very dissapointed.
It all sounds too fishy in my opinion, I think this is mostly for publicity. Paulie is an employee of showtime, he is involved in the marketing for this fight. He's an established boxer, a former world champion, and he has no need to prove himself. I call BS
So your disappointed in Conor because Paulie spoke his name many times before the mayweather fight , so Conor wanted to get his own back with he quite clearly has
Your not a real fan then
yellow taxi he's a 2x world champ, he doesn't need to prove himself anymore, he's just mad that Conor beat him being 0-0
Anyone that follows or know paulie have said that he is a straight shooter.. Hes no BS, he will tell it like it is and keeps it 100 percent real..
So disrespectful!!! Paulie is qualified to actually TEACH him how to box as a professional. He could have laughed at Conor and told him "sorry son, you're just not at a high enough level to benefit from my knowledge" Twitter that!
Ariel looked like he was about to burst out crying the whole time.
What's the name of the intro song
Paulie Malignaggi was telling the TRUTH. *100%*
I love Pauli, I always listen to every word he says, the dude knows boxing...and it makes me piss my pants, how every interview he does, is never an interview. We're sat watching a guy listening to someone one the phone. Amazing. How much did Ariel speak...!? Go on Pauli...fill us in brother, don't leave out a single detail mate...we're alllll ears!
I love how quiet Ariel is. Great listener.
Paulie dropping lots of boxing knowledge in here. I came here for the beef, but Paulie explains the importance of body shots and why they work, how they work. He explains certain training mindsets and why boxers do them in training camp. Very insightful. Paulie has a lot of knowledge. A real treat to pick up these pieces of knowledge in this interview. The whole McGregor thing is irrelevant. The boxing knowledge is what interests me here.
Paulie interviews himself.
WE NEED THEM TO FIGHT ON PAY-PER-VIEW!!!!!!
I'm sorry but i have to ask. Why don't you do calls over Skype? It has much better audio quality and you also have visuals. You could also just use it for audio without the video, it would still have better audio quality.
Sparring footage now available at Combat Sports Daily You Tube Channel
Seems like Such a genuine guy. Big respek
I always suspected that Conor's supposed life stories were BS about his life in Ireland, they just sounded too made up to me. He claimed to work on some horrible construction site etc and showed the place, but coincidentally it's all closed down now and the company doesn't exist anymore (so you can't fact check his story). I think a lot of his life stories are lies to try to make his life sound more interesting and like an underdog in life etc. I can see through his BS, I have recognized that he isn't a good person for years now. At least some of his fans are waking up also (usually you look down in the comments and see some of his fans saying horrible stuff, but it looks like some of them have woke up finally to how much of a liar and douche Conor actually is).
Facts
They did Paulie dirty man; I know he can be a little eccentric at times but they blew the opportunity to pick the brain of a brilliant boxing mind. He deserved way better than that
thanks for the interview.
Wow Paulie could really talk. Good stuff. Reveals a ton about McGregor's camp. Just as most people expect, McGregor's got NO SHOT.
Ricky Huang he's a snake and a washed up bum
As a HUGE Mcgregor fan, this is massively disappointing. Can't justify poor ethics like this.
Great interview - riveting stuff
One of the best character assessments ever. Conor is exactly what I hoped he wasn't... Very interesting about how Paulie says someone should research his past, cause people who come from nothing don't treat people badly.. hmmm.
Ariel asks one question and this dude talks for 20 mins straight and it is EXHAUSTING
The saddest thing about this is that now Dana is gonna hate Ariel even more.. and Conor is prob gonna hate him too. xD
and mayb john kavvanagh who comes on the mma hr quite a bit
i've seen so many like conor back at school, in M.E, and those type of guys are very tough, and its because their very confident of themselves but nobody's special ad everybody's beatable, u just have to block all the noises ad always stay FOCUSED
Great interview. And u can tell Paulie is an honest guy
What's next from this guy. "It was sunny outside and Conor caused me to get a sunburn, I didn't expect special treatment but he could have put sunscreen on me."
JimmyF638 lmao
JimmyF638 lmfao
JimmyF638 💀💀💀
JimmyF638 nuthuggers
JimmyF638 haha
I think the truth lies somewhere in between.
This guy was talking to himself for 30 straight minutes lol
You must be new to this channel...
Ariel is a therapist.
buckeye998197 y are you still there? Lmao
but you was listening ? :/
buckeye998197 y He talk to dam much!
i enjoyed this hour on the podcast (and the previous one too). I've now seen the footage and I didn't see a push.
Paulie "Commercial Flight" Malignaggi
He said he could beat McGregor with one arm tied behind his back and his feet weigh down . McGregor sent him crying the Blues to Mama , Showtime Mama will make it all better .
Listen to Paulie if you're a up and coming fighter. 10,000 times! He's spittin pearls! You wanna be good? Don't ever think like Mr conor. He got a push to the top for $$$ .Ask Diaz . He'll never come back for his whoopin that's waiting. Nate will destroy his ass !
James Holman very true
I AM THE HIGHWAY This comment didn’t age well lmfao. Try again douchebag
55:00 the second Paulie mentions groupies, Areil's hand clentchs into a fist so tight, like he about to do some serious Damage
Paulie Malignaggi is everywhere
Conor is the Ronda Rousey 2.0. Overhyped money making machine created by Dana White. He gets the fights cherry picked for him, never defends his belts, and gets a title shot his first fight in the division. Don't be shocked when Conor is exposed, it's just a matter of time.
lol cherry picked ?
Haters gonna hate
mjk121882 they didn't cherry pick Rhonda's matches...she submitted Cat zingano in 15 seconds when Cat was coming off a stoppage of Nunes (the current champ) she had fought all the best contenders at 135...the only person she ducked was cyborg who isn't a 135er. It's just that she didn't improve while everyone passed her up
He's already been exposed by Diaz , it obvs he cannot grapple .
Diaz already exposed McGregor and Mendes literally would of beat Conor if he had a full training camp. Conor is Ronda 2.0
Paulie is a good dude, like the guy now, seems honest and humble
unbeliavable how fast this dude talks and talks and talks good god
WE LOVE YOU ARIEL
See how patient ariel is? He let's the guy vent and talk, never talks over him. Ariel a true pro, Dana needs to unblock this man FREE ARIEL
Free Ariel
I'm a Connor fan but this is truely disappointing. I can't see Paulie putting so much effort into a lie like this. Especially when someone else has accused Connor of doing this before. I was rooting for Connor because he's the better person, not saying this is on par with beating women but they lost a sale here. I'll now put my money towards the GGG/Canelo fight.
you should be watching both anyway. paulie should have gone in knowing that he was just another guy. he thought he was going to have the red carpet rolled out for him. mcgregor called him in just to fight him for talking the way he did. he said it before they even sparred. don't feel sorry for him.
Chris Ruiz I'm sure he'll lose sleep over that.
That's what I've been saying all along. What Mayweather and Conor did was to cut into the pay per view fight of an up coming big fight. A REAL FIGHT!!!
that's so funny!!!
Chris Ruiz - Paulie said Conor thought he beat him all 7 rounds right? So if Conor believed that and released the pictures then it isn't a lie. Paulie was brought in as a sparring partner but he acts like he thought he was going to be the head coach.
The Paulie malignaggi hour
Paulie, you are a class dude. Telling it like it is m8. Big respect
You will never hear this crap about Mayweather's camp. This is why I root for Mayweather even tho I don't like him as an individual. Conor is just an absolute POS. Arrogant, average fighter that calls out old retired fighters feeling like he's on top of the world. Anybody with a brain will believe Paulie just for the referee statement at 55:44. Come August 26, Conor will be embarrassed and dismissed like Ronda.
Money has ruined mcgregor
He lived with his parents before the ufc. You'd think he'd be more humble. Conor is a dirtbag.
Bertos wise and opened minded. I like his analysis.
The fact conor gave a fresh paulie malignaggi a good 7 rounds gives "boxing experts" way less credibility when is comes to mma vs boxing they say guys like conor couldn't beat amatuer boxers but after a couple months of boxing training he possibly beat a champion boxer in 5 to 7 rounds give conor 2 years of training bet he could hang with best. (And no I dont think he beats Floyd).
Connor nut huggers forget Paul has that 2x Championship Boxing and Showtime money. He didn't have to help. He's paid for life.
One hour of basically crying to Ariel. He sounds like an ex girlfriend that got dumped.
dana white my man
Dana White Everything he said is a legit gripe but Ariel didn't bring up him talking about his power before the second pics.
Dana after Floyd ends Connor's mystique, Khabib is gonna destroy your cash cow, You better hope connor beat Nate in the rubber match. I bet you're holding your ass Dana. Call me when you need a real main eventer.
Dana White He is mad that he got put in a crack house...He ran his mouth, came in, got his ass whooped. Thats it
Chael Sonnen is a beast...When are you getting back in there man.
Paulie does love the sound of his own voice lol I listened to the exact story on fighthype for over an hour! Yeah I know sad from me but was killing time lol
Does this guy breathe out of his ears?
Seriously. I don't know anyone who talks this much AND tells the truth.
I would love to see Paulie fight McGregor. Both quick witted and sharp tongued. Press conferences would be crazy good and they could have a decent fight in there.
Conor McGregor just made this guy famous!
Paulie is an established 2 time world championship fighter I dont see why he still needs to prove himself why would he care if Conor posted misleading pictures he was their to do a job not to make himself look good
I have no idea its so weird. I dont think Iv ever heard anyone talk as much as this guy either. Mr Motor Mouth.
Maybe he didn't want to look like he was getting beat by a 0-0 fighter
Moses Juice of course. It's all publicity, for all parties.
He came in and wanted to be treated like a DIVA. He wasn't and then when the sparing sessions weren't going his way he snapped.
MstarGaming... Something smells fishy...im thinking Mayweather may be injured and they're pushing the paulie story because he is going to fill in and fight McGregor