Conor 'Notorious' McGregor is by no means a regular guy. The Irish fighter has made a name for himself after absolutely annihilating his opponents with his ruthless MMA skills in the UFC. However, his impeccable set of fighting skills recently drew a lot of criticism after he decided to deploy them outside the Octagon.

The 29-year-old had recently courted controversy after rumours of his involvement in a bar brawl thronged social media. McGregor was reportedly heavily drunk at the Black Forge Bar in Crumlin, Dublin in Ireland before having an altercation with a fellow customer.

According to reports, McGregor was seen by punters on Sunday night entering the bar before the melee erupted which involved the UFC posterboy, a young man, a man in his 50s and a fourth man. The reports further suggest that the young man was punched in the head, while the man in his 50s - claimed to be a close associate of drug dealer Graham 'The Wig' Whelan was punched twice in the face.

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But, if former MMA heavyweight Brendan Schaub is to be believed, UFC posterboy McGregor could very well be in some serious trouble. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Schaub revealed: "People that I know in Dublin are blowing me up and saying, 'It's real. Conor is in a bit of trouble,'".

Check out the video of the said podcast below. 

"(McGregor) has a friend from one area of Ireland that's in the mafia and got beat up by these guys. Conor finds out that the guys who beat up his friend are in this bar, so Conor comes in there and beats the hell out of that guy. That guy is associated with a pretty intense mafia family over there, so now there's a hit out on Conor for $900,000," he added.

Apart from Schaub, Irish crime reporter Paul Williams also spoke with a similarly ominous tone about the UFC champ's alleged entanglement with the Kinihan crime family on Newstalk Breakfast - an Irish radio program.

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"I have to say that Conor McGregor is in a very dangerous place right now. He has come into conflict through probably no fault of his own, with a group of very, very dangerous people who are tied up with the Kinahans," he said.  

If Conor is still in-country, Williams claimed that he'll be advised to leave. "I would say, in the next 48 hours, if he is still in the country, I understand from my sources that the Gardaí will be approaching him to give him a GIM form, which is a Garda Information Message, which is basically to tell him that there may be threats to his safety," he concluded. 

This isn't the first time McGregor has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. A few weeks back, his escapade at the Bellator 187 event where he was cheering for his teammate Charlie Ward ringside attracted a lot of criticism. In a turn of shocking events, McGregor rushed into the cage and shoved referee Marc Goddard before slapping a commissioner in the face.