Paulie Malignaggi still fuming at Conor McGregor: He 'whimpers like a girl' from body punches

Paulie Malignaggi says his non-disclosure agreement for training with Conor McGregor is void, and he’s beginning to spill some more inside details from his time with the UFC lightweight champion before their recent rift.

After spending more than a week training with McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in Las Vegas ahead of his Aug. 26 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather (49-0 boxing), Malignaggi announced his was leaving the camp after a series of unflattering sparring photos found their way online. One photo in particular showed Malignaggi downed on the canvas – but he insists it was from a “push down,” not a knockdown.

Nevertheless, Malignaggi is not happy with how he was “exploited” by the McGregor camp, and he’s firing back hard. Malignaggi said he’s going to reveal additional details about sparring McGregor in the near future, but he’s already sharing some of the info (via Twitter):

Despite ending his training relationship with McGregor’s camp, Malignaggi still will serve as part of the Showtime broadcast crew for the Mayweather-McGregor pay-per-view broadcast later this month in Las Vegas.

McGregor, the No. 1-ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings, has yet to publicly respond to Malignaggi.

McGregor meets Mayweather at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event airs on pay-per-view for a high-definition price tag of $99.95.

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