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Robert Hynes

Conor McGregor challenges PJ Gallagher and Paul McGrath to fight after Twitter row

Conor McGregor has challenged football legend Paul McGrath and comedian PJ Gallagher to a boxing fight following their social media spat.

The UFC star came in for heavy criticism over the weekend after highlighting Gallagher's mental health struggles on Twitter, including from McGrath who called the former two-weight champion a 'bully'. And now McGregor, 34, says he will face McGrath, 63, and Gallagher, 47, in "2 vs 1 boxing match in aid of mental health and anti bullying organisations.

He tweeted on Tuesday: "I challenge Pj and Paul McGrath to 2 vs 1 boxing match in aid of mental health and anti bullying organizations." The argument appears to have started when Gallagher shared a video of an American TV presenter calling McGregor British, with the comedian saying: "Normally this kind of thing winds me up but they can have this lad."

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