Not a fan. Liam Neeson is a boxing fan with strong feelings about the UFC and Conor McGregor — and he didn’t hold any of them back.“UFC, I can’t stand,” the Taken actor, 70, said in an interview for the Men’s Health series “Don’t Read the Comments,” released on Thursday, February 2. “That, to me, is like a bar fight.
And I know the practitioners all say, ‘No, you’re wrong! The moths 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 from UFC. I f-—king hate it.”He was responding to a fan question who noted Neeson’s boxing history and wondered if Neeson enjoyed the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Conor McGregor.
The Ireland native was an amateur boxer from ages 9 to 17, but he clearly doesn’t care for either the organization or the athlete.
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