After his altercation with Machine Gun Kelly (an incident we couldn't see from our vantage point on the red carpet), Conor McGregor spoke with USA TODAY's Ralphie Aversa about why he attended VMAs, his friendship with Justin Bieber and the next steps in his professional career.

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