Conor McGregor Goes…Well Conor McGregor
Before his fight with Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Conor McGregor was a non-stop trash talking machine. He is no stranger to theatrics and fight promotion that rivals professional wrestling. That was just Conor being Conor…until yesterday. Yesterday McGregor (and his henchmen) attacked a promotional event for the upcoming UFC 223 at the Barclays Center. McGregor’s actions caused injuries to two fighters who have now been removed from the fight card. McGregor has had a strained relationship with Dana White and the UFC since before his 2017 boxing debut against Mayweather. Now that relationship may be forever destroyed. White has said that he would normally “dive in” to help one of his guys. Understandably, White has made it clear that he will not be assisting McGregor following this attack.
Conor McGregor, presumably in handcuffs with his hands behind his back, was escorted out of the 78th Precinct building of the New York Police Department today and into a waiting car.
Video posted to Twitter by Boston’s CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV, shows McGregor leaving the building, being led by an NYPD official, in the aftermath of charges being filed against him in the wake of a Thursday incident at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
McGregor has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief after Thursday’s incident. McGregor turned himself in to the NYPD overnight and is expected to appear in front of a judge today.
McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) on Thursday showed up at Barclays Center, which will play host to UFC 223 on Saturday, and allegedly was let into the facility by credentialed media members that UFC President Dana White said were from TheMacLife.com – McGregor’s website. Once inside, McGregor, along with members of his team – including UFC 223 fighter and teammate Artem Lobov – reportedly managed to make their way to the loading dock.
Once there, chaos ensued when McGregor and his entourage can be seen on video going after a bus loaded with UFC 223 fighters, fighter teams and promotion personnel in pursuit of headliner Khabib Nurmagomedov (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), who was scheduled to take on featherweight champion Max Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the main event before Holloway today was declared medically unfit to fight.
