Chael Sonnen suspects "somebody else" was involved in convincing Artem Lobov of Conor McGregor's alleged "wrongdoing"

Conor McGregor is in a stand-off with his longtime friend Artem Lobov over his Irish whiskey company, Proper No. Twelve.

Lobov sued McGregor for five percent of McGregor's sale of his majority stake in Proper No. Twelve to Proximo Spirits. The deal was worth a reported $600 million, of which Lobov is seeking $30 million.

Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen weighed in on the friction between the two and cited his suspicion that external influence over Lobov pushed him to sue his old friend:

"And I trust, as Artem, being an intelligent guy and I'm suspecting that somebody else threw their arms around him and helped to convince him of Conor's wrongdoing. Also, looked into it, and thought the scheduled amount should you get to a jury for the jurisdiction they're in is five percent so this is where we go. So he hasn't made a demand, at least not publically, of say, 30 millions dollars. I'm saying five percent, I'm also the one that's saying 600 million dollars. But he wants five percent of whatever it was and he's decided that's a lot more than a million dollars."

Sonnen then explained the complications that Conor McGregor caused by offering Lobov a million dollars for his work on the company:

"Now, from a legal standpoint, this does get complicated. 'Cause the majority of you will see it the exact same way I saw it, which is, 'Wow, Conor, that was a cool move, man. That was a cool move to bring your buddy a million dollars.' The attorneys of Artem can use that very check and they could put a different interpretation on it. Which is, Conor knew, legally, he owes you something."

Catch Chael Sonnen's full comments on the situation on his YouTube channel:

Conor McGregor challenges Artem Lobov to a fight for "the whole lot"

Conor McGregor issued a challenge to Artem Lobov on Twitter to fight him. The Irishman relayed the venue and the timings to Lobov in his callout and dared him to show up for a fight.

'The Notorious' said in a Twitter voice note:

"This is a callout to Artem Lobov. I am challenging you to a fight tonight, 10.30pm. I'll meet you at SBG Concorde and we'll fight for the whole lot. Having lawyers messaging me about defamation and suing and all. You're a little blouse mate, I'll see you at SBG Concorde tonight at 10.30pm and we'll fight for the whole lot. Answer this f*****g callout, you little blouse."

McGregor did show up to the venue later that night and posted on his social media, but it was a no-show from Lobov.

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Check out Conor McGregor's voice note in the tweet below:

🚨BREAKING🚨

Conor McGregor has called out Artem Lobov to fight him TONIGHT.

"I'm challenging you to a fight tonight, 10:30pm. I'll meet you down at SBG Concorde & we'll fight for the whole lot."

Lobov is suing McGregor 5% of the proceeds he got from the sale of Proper 12. https://t.co/PIWU1Gq35S