Conor McGregor caught some criticism following his first press conference Tuesday to hype up his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. While Mayweather was dancing in front of him, McGregor yelled, "Dance for me, boy," which some viewed as a racist remark.

Conor McGregor is being called racist after saying "dance for me boy" to Floyd Mayweather. https://t.co/ErJxRffXuP pic.twitter.com/psSG4EeieT — Sporting News (@sportingnews) July 12, 2017

After that press conference, McGregor had a quick interview with Jimmy Kimmel's Guillermo in a segment that aired Wednesday night. In that piece, Guillermo asked Mayweather and McGregor the silly question of who would win a fight: them, or Rocky III?

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The Irish fighter had to think for a moment as he recalled which movie it was. He then appeared to remember and said, "That was the one [with] the dancing monkeys in the gym."

If you've ever watched "Rocky III" then you know there are no dancing monkeys. In fact, if you've watch any of the Rocky movies you know at no point are there any dancing monkeys. So McGregor's comments caught some people off-guard.

hold on. did mcgregor just describe rocky 3 as dancing monkeys? — angus (@Shpitroaster) July 13, 2017

The reason McGregor's comment is troublesome is because the gym Rocky trained in "Rocky III" was a primarily black gym. Rocky was training with Apollo Creed, and worked in Creed's old gym. They even made a point to emphasize the cultural difference compared to where Rocky trained in the first two films.

Monkey has long been used as a racist term towards black people, and the fact McGregor used that word specifically is troublesome. He also said they were dancing, which likely refers to a boxer's footwork and is a common term for fighters.

McGregor has had some entertaining quips this week, but his controversial comments overshadow them.