# Conor McGregor: Why does America keep giving the disgraced fighter a platform? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fighter-a-platform Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fighter-a-platform.md Podcast: [The BelTel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912) Published: 2026-07-11T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fi Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a50e536e79435336b5f3db7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fighter-a-platform Duration seconds: 1229 ## Resource t’s fight week, and Conor McGregor has come out swinging.   ‘The Notorious’ finally steps back into a UFC octagon this weekend for a main event match-up, and while some are questioning his physical prowess, his microphone game remains as brash as ever.   Sat in front of the media once more, McGregor espoused his divine beliefs, proclaimed his innocence and once again weighed in on Ireland’s immigration debate.   This weekend’s event will have plenty of eyes on it, but should Conor McGregor be allowed fight at all? Or granted a platform of this size to spread his views, for that matter?    And why are American fans and fixtures so happy to assist in his rehabilitation tour?    On this episode host Dave Hanratty is joined by sports and entertainment journalist Andy McCarroll to look at a much-criticised return to the octagon.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fighter-a-platform/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/conor-mcgregor-why-does-america-keep-giving-the-disgraced-fighter-a-platform.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.