Conor McGregor took to social media with an uncomplimentary song about his former friend
Conor McGregor has spoken out for the first time since it was revealed he is being sued for millions by a former teammate.
Artem Lobov, a retired fighter who used to train alongside McGregor, claims he played a pivotal role in setting up Proper 12 Irish Whiskey before being pushed out of the business when it took off and made the Irishman a lot of money.Back in August, ‘The Russian Hammer’, who has a master’s degree from Dublin City University in Finance and Capital Markets, “A few people know, but this was actually my idea. I was the person who came up with the idea to do a whiskey for Conor,” Lobov said.
“Once the deal was ready, I went to Conor and I said, ‘Conor, I have the deal ready for you. This is going to be a billion-dollar deal, no messing here.’ I’m not sure if he took me seriously or not at the time with the billion dollars.“We continued working on it and as you can see it was a massive success. I’m really happy to see that and I’m really happy to be a part of it.”
Lobov claims to have rejected a $1million [£840,000] offer from McGregor for his help but refused to reveal if he had made any money from the wildly successful whiskey brand. “Conor offered me $1m but I turned it down, I didn’t accept it. You know, throughout my career whenever I have helped Conor with camps, he offered to pay me for them camps, but I never accepted money from him,” he added.
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