NEW YORK — Thanks to Conor McGregor and his meltdown at the Barclays Center in April, Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters have gotten a reputation for fighting outside the ring as well as inside the cage. McGregor was filmed throwing a hand-truck into a bus backstage at the arena that wound up injuring two fellow fighters. He pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court last week, was sentenced to community service and served with an order of protection against the other fighters. So it’s probably not all that surprising to learn that bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and number-one ranked welterweight Stephen Thompson have now had their own grudge match. But in this case, when Dillashaw, who is 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 135 pounds, was filmed leaping across a desk to go after the 6-foot-tall, 170-pound Thompson, it was all in fun. The video, which is being released today, is the first glimpse into a partnership between the UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and Van Heusen. The fighters were filmed this spring at a studio at Chelsea Piers in New York wearing the Van Heusen Flex collection. The video shows them sitting across from each other in an office setting, wearing suit pants
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