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Retired Russian-born fighter Artem Lobov is suing Conor McGregor, claiming that he got here up with the thought for Proper Twelve — the UFC star’s Irish whiskey. McGregor bought a majority stake for $600 million in April 2021, and Lobov is asking for five% of the revenue.
“My consumer is a retired skilled fighter with a grasp’s diploma from DCU in finance and capital markets,” Lobov’s lawyer, Dermot McNamara informed The Irish Independent. “We have issued High Court proceedings on his behalf to implement an settlement with Mr. McGregor relating to the Proper No. Twelve whiskey model.”
“My consumer was the preliminary creator and co-founder of the idea to launch an Irish whiskey model related to Mr. McGregor. As these issues are actually earlier than the court docket, we won’t be making any additional remark.”
This will not be the primary time Lobov has spoken about his involvement with Proper Twelve. During the summer time, he mentioned his upcoming e-book in an interview with talkSPORT. One of the promoting factors of the e-book, he mentioned, is the story behind the Irish whiskey.
Lobov mentioned that sooner or later on the health club, McGregor informed him that “Thor” from Game of Thrones had supplied him the prospect to do his personal vodka.
“I mentioned to him, ‘earlier than you even look any additional, this is what I learn about Irish whiskey.’ I informed him concerning the dominance of Irish whiskey and all of that,” Lobov mentioned within the talkSPORT interview. “He mentioned, ‘you go off and see what deal you’ll be able to put collectively’ and I went on my manner.”
He mentioned McGregor supplied him $1 million however he turned it down due to their friendship.
McGregor himself has not commented on the lawsuit, however his spokesperson Karen J. Kessler informed The Irish Independent that Lobov’s claims had been incorrect.
“Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey was created, developed, branded and tirelessly promoted by Conor McGregor,” she wrote in a press release.
