Conor McGregor went full blown fookin’ idiot last night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. McGregor somehow got into the garage while the UFC bus was leaving the arena after some pre-fight events. Conor proceeded to try to ram a security gate through the windows and then he chucked some garbage and a hand dolly at the windows. Multiple fighters were hurt during the scuffle and UFC 223 is basically done. Three fights have been pulled of the card for this weekend. McGregor spent the night in jail after being hit with three counts of assault and a count of criminal mischief. He’s expected to post bail and be out sometime this afternoon.
It is believed that the anger began to brew two days ago after McGregor’s buddy Artem Lobov got into it with Khabib Nurmagomedov in a hotel hallway. McGregor was in town to support his teammate and sparing partner Lobov and apparently felt like he needed to insert himself in the beef. Conor is also mad at the UFC in general because he is losing his belt.
McGregor hasn’t fought in the UFC for almost two years and Dana White is sick of waiting on him. White went on ESPN’s Get Up! this morning to clear the air. He told them that he has been open with McGregor the whole time in trying to plan his return to the octagon. White said there were tentative plans to have him fight in September and that McGregor could basically pick his opponent and weight class, even fight to reclaim his title. White also said that his antics last night were, “embarrassing for the sport,” and we’re definitely not a media stunt. I’m calling bullshit on this one. Fighting is all about promotion, always has been and always will be. The UFC needs to make a big splash and McGregor is obviously still their biggest name. They are just hyping up a fight that we will see sometime in the near future. Besides, there is no way this just happened spur of the moment. It’s not easy to get access to the private garages at these venues. You can’t just walk back there, even if you’re Conor McGregor. Multiple levels of security personnel had to know that he was making his way up there. What did they think he was doing? Coming to say hi? This was staged just like basically everything else outside of the ring in fighting. But hey, I can’t knock the hustle, everyone knows this is BS and were all still talking about it. And we’ll all be watching the fight, whenever it happens.
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