“I need to just stop reacting to the bait,” McGregor said. “People are trying to bait me into things. Am I the fish or am I the whale? I must be calm, I must be zen. I must lead by example. There’s so many people looking up to me. How can I react in this way? I need to get a hold of this and, like I said, I’m working very hard to do this.”
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/8/...-bar-incident-i-was-in-the-wrong-ufc-mma-news
Edit: The old man who got sucker punched apparently was just minding his own business.
“I am sitting on the bar stool just having a quiet pint with my friend. then all of a sudden because I refuse his drink I get a punch. you don’t need that in life. I don’t like the man, I think he is getting a bad rep. He is a bit of a bully, a bully with money.”
https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/victim-mcgregor-bar-speaks/