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27th Mar 2015

Video: Tension between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo reaches new heights in new UFC Embedded

UFC 189 can't come soon enough

Ben Kiely

McGregor and Aldo are ready for war.

Things seem to be perpetually heating up between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo in UFC Embedded. This marks the final part of the series set  in Boston, before the two warriors headed for New York.

In this episode, we get another look at that now infamous impromptu staredown in the The Strand Theatre as McGregor squared up to the undisputed featherweight champion.

McGregor was constantly taunting the Brazilian with insults and trash-talk before finally rising up from his chair and confronting Aldo. A chuckling Dana White stepped to keep the two from coming to blows on stage.

“If he took this can of Monster from this table, I’d come and get it and drill it through his head.