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Conor McGregor has been told his antics outside of the UFC are not setting a good example for young people who look up to him.

McGregor has been caught up in his fair share of troubles outside of the cage, with the most recent when he allegedly punched Italian DJ Francesco Facchinetti.

The month before that incident, McGregor got into an altercation with rapper Machine Gun Kelly at the MTV awards in which security was forced to break up.

The former two-weight champion pleaded guilty to assault in 2019 after punching an elderly man at a Dublin pub and was fined €1,000.

And former UFC veteran Diego Sanchez doesn't think McGregor is a good role model for the next generation.

“Now, I want to help the youth of the next generation. I want to be a positive, motivating inspiration and just a good influence for these kids,” Sanchez told MMA Junkie.

“You got guys out there like Conor McGregor that are giants of influences. Drinking Proper Twelve and hitting old men is not really a good influence to be spreading for the youth of the next generation.

“So I’m doing my best to do my part and that’s why I do free seminars with kids. Anybody wanna fly me out to anywhere in