STAR WARS Actor Liam Neeson Dismisses UFC Champion Conor McGregor As A "Little Leprechaun"

We know many of you are fans of MMA and, specifically, the UFC, but Taken and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace star Liam Neeson isn't one of you! You can find his candid thoughts on Conor McGregor here...

Hollywood legend Liam Neeson is nothing if not outspoken, but as one of Ireland's most famous and iconic actors, you may be surprised to hear him take a shot at one of the country's most famous and notorious athletes!

Conor McGregor is a legend in the world of UFC, but also someone who has frequently made headlines for his antics outside the octagon. He's found himself in hot water on more than one occasion, and that could be why Neeson has nothing good to say about the first MMA fighter to hold UFC championships in two weight classes simultaneously.

Oh, and he's not a UFC fan either. 

"UFC I can’t stand," Neeson says in the video below. "That to me is like a bar fight. I know the practitioners are like, 'Mo, you're wrong - the months of training we do...' Why don’t you just grab a beer bottle and hit the other guy over the head? That’s the next stage of the UFC. I hate it."

The actor added, "That little leprechaun Conor McGregor, he gives Ireland a bad name. I know he’s fit, and I admire him for that. But I can’t take it."

That's fighting talk, and probably means we can forget about ever seeing Neeson and McGregor share the screen. After all, the UFC fighter is now lending his talents to Hollywood, with a remake of the action movie Road House among his first projects alongside co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and filmmaker Doug Liman.

As for Neeson, while he recently dismissed the notion of returning to the Star Wars and Batman franchises, The Taken star has his own fair share of action projects on the horizon, including a reboot of The Naked Gun. We'll also see him in Retribution and In the Land of Saints and Sinners.

Check out the full Q&A with the actor in the player below. 

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