Malignaggi: I Punked White in Camp, He Robs UFC Fighters Blind!

According to former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi, he blew off UFC president Dana White in the aftermath of a sparring session with Conor McGregor.

Malignaggi was hired by McGregor to help the UFC star prepare for the upcoming showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

By their second sparring session, numerous photos were leaked by McGregor's team members, which created the image that Malignaggi took a bad beating and was knocked down to the mat.

The situation escalated even further last Friday, when UFC President Dana White released video clips on social media - which show several angles of Malignaggi going down and a clip of McGregor landing hard punches.

Malignaggi believes White released those videos as a measure of payback for being "punked" in training camp. Malignaggi has never been a big fan of the UFC executive and wanted nothing to do with him in training camp.

"Dana is funny. I already know about Dana – Dana robs the UFC fighters blind. I’ve never met an MMA fighter that actually likes Dana or had anything good to say. I’m still looking for one. When Dana comes up in conversation, I’ve yet to hear anybody say, ‘Wow, that guy’s great.’ Or, ‘That guy treats us so good.’ Or, ‘That guy’s a good guy.’ I’m not going to hold my breath, or I might turn blue. So I would expect that," Malignaggi told MMA Junkie Radio.

“I just kind of brushed him off [at the training camp]. I don’t personally like the guy. I’ve never met him before, but I don’t personally have any respect or like the guy. He was trying to talk to me after [the sparring session], like trying to be friendly. I know what you’re about, bro. Don’t give me this bullsh*t. Don’t get mad now, because I punked you and I don’t want to talk to you, and during the sparring session I was yelling at you and telling you how useless your fighter was. Don’t be childish.”