Urijah Faber Details Backstage Altercation with Conor McGregor

Urijah Faber was backstage handling his business in the ladies' restroom when he was suddenly nose to nose with Conor McGregor.

Wait, what?

Let’s try that one again. By now, everyone knows McGregor and Faber can hardly stand to be in the same room together without getting into some form of altercation. These guys simply don’t like each other—never have and most likely never will. Check out Faber’s social media jab at McGregor leading up to UFC 189.

With McGregor meeting Chad Mendes, Faber’s close friend and teammate, in the main event at UFC 189, it was only a matter of time before paths crossed and a Jersey Shore situation unfolded.

During an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The MMA Hour, Faber detailed the incident that all started with a trip to the bathroom at the UFC 189 weigh-ins.

Unfortunately, the bathrooms in the backstage area of the weigh-ins only had one toilet.

A line had formed for the men’s bathroom, but the ladies' room was vacant. So a fellow bro in the men’s line nonchalantly suggested Faber use the ladies' room. After a bit of hesitation, Faber said he would do it if the guy promised to keep a lookout at the door.

An informal agreement was made, and Faber raced to the stall.

After handling his business, Faber was washing his hands when the doorknob suddenly began to turn. As fate would have it, McGregor had the same idea of skipping out on doing the wee-wee dance in the men’s line for the vacant female stall.

The first person Faber saw when he emerged from the bathroom was one of McGregor’s associates attempting to open the door, but a second turn put him face-to-face with “The Notorious” McGregor.

Fox Sports caught the incident on camera. 

“He’s like, ‘What’s up little man?’ and he rubs my head,” Faber recalled. “And I grabbed his stomach and was feeling his ribs, his scrawny little rib. And I was like, ‘Man, are you gonna survive?’”

An odd and playful two-second standing wrestling match took place, and then it was over. Faber called the entire incident “super weird.”

“I hold both his arms against the wall. I don’t know if he’s going to use his chin or what’s in his head. He goes, ‘Get your f-----g hands off me.’ I’m like, ‘Dude, I don’t have my hands on you, m----------r,’” said Faber.

Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed, and the brief skirmish became an interesting story. Both men were announced on Sunday by UFC President Dana White as the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter 22, which is set to debut on September 9 on Fox Sports 1. We can only imagine what that situation will be like. 

As for the bathroom incident, there is a moral to the story. Never trust that random guy standing in line who promises to be a lookout. 

Jordy McElroy is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He also is the MMA writer for FanRag Sports and co-founder of The MMA Bros.