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Paulie Malignaggi and Artem Lobov made their first public appearances for Bare Knuckle FC on Tuesday, and both men being in the same room went about how you’d expect it to: with a physical altercation between them.

A near-brawl erupted, and the two men had to immediately be separated during a media event in New York after Malignaggi slapped Lobov while they exchanged words face to face.

I mean, you knew this was coming.

After the incident went down, the running joke on social media was that Conor McGregor would fire up the private jet, fly out to New York to defend his friend’s honor, and carry out the sequel to his infamous UFC 223 bus attack aimed at Khabib Nurmagomedov – but this time on Malignaggi.

Thankfully, it appears that won’t be happening. Instead, McGregor took 21 jabs at Malignaggi on Twitter by sharing 21 unflattering photos of him during their 2017 sparring sessions prior to “The Money Fight” with Floyd Mayweather.

And … here … they … are:    

We can only assume these tweets will achieve their desired outcome of bothering the hell out of Malignaggi.

Well played, Conor.

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