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Report: UFC Lightweight Injured By Conor McGregor’s NYC Outburst

Conor McGregor continues to make MMA headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. The soon-to-be-stripped UFC lightweight champion caused a hectic scene in New York City today when he stormed the Barclays Center following UFC 223 media day. A short video of his arrival was caught by MMA Junkie: Things were then taken to an […]

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Conor McGregor continues to make MMA headlines, but for all the wrong reasons.

The soon-to-be-stripped UFC lightweight champion caused a hectic scene in New York City today when he stormed the Barclays Center following UFC 223 media day. A short video of his arrival was caught by MMA Junkie:

Things were then taken to an all-new level when he picked up a guardrail and attempted to throw it at a bus in Brooklyn, causing all-out chaos:

The bus reportedly held lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov, who will battle late replacement Max Holloway for the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 223 this Saturday.

McGregor then left the scene with his entourage according to a video from Adam Hill of The Las Vegas Review-Journal:

But while the Irish star may have just been attempting to cause a scene with Khabib, his ridiculous actions reportedly resulted in some absolutely foolish, unneeded ramifications.

According to MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn, Michael Chiesa, who is in Brooklyn for his bout against Anthony Pettis on the main card, was injured as a result of McGregor throwing the guardrail.

Chiesa’s trainer Rick Little detailed the chaotic situation:

“Conor went bananas and put a beating on the van that we were in looking for Khabib,” Little said. “A million security guards had to restrain him. Mike’s cut up now. He’s got marks on him, for sure. I don’t think too serious. Everything happened so fast, it was just like we got jumped.”

There’s little secret that “The Notorious” has made his money by being one of the most over-the-top fighters the UFC has ever seen, yet this is just ridiculous.

Calling out the UFC and saying they’d ‘strip nothing’ is one thing, but injured hard-working fighters because you wanted to throw a tantrum is another.

He’s done little but flaunt his money and engage in out-of-the-cage hijinks since losing to Mayweather last year, and while he may be having fun with his newfound money, the MMA world is clearly tiring of his antics.

How much more of this will fight fans take?

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Conor McGregor Fires Back at the UFC: You Will ‘Strip Me of Nothing’

Conor McGregor isn’t giving up his title without a fight. Following Wednesday’s news that the UFC planned to strip McGregor of his lightweight championship the moment Khabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway step into the cage together at UFC 2…

Conor McGregor isn’t giving up his title without a fight. Following Wednesday’s news that the UFC planned to strip McGregor of his lightweight championship the moment Khabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway step into the cage together at UFC 223, the 29-year old Irish superstar responded with a venomous post aimed at the promotion. While UFC […]

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Fluke Or No Fluke? Rose Namajunas Looks To Prove The Doubters Wrong At UFC 223

One of the biggest upsets of 2017 came at UFC 217, which took place this past November at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was at UFC 217 where three titles changed hands, with TJ Dillashaw knocking out Cody Garbrandt to claim the U…

One of the biggest upsets of 2017 came at UFC 217, which took place this past November at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was at UFC 217 where three titles changed hands, with TJ Dillashaw knocking out Cody Garbrandt to claim the UFC bantamweight title, Georges St-Pierre coming out of […]

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Dana White Claims UFC 223 Is Trending As Biggest Event In Almost Two Years

UFC 223 is set to be a huge event despite not having the original main event that had been advertised over the past few weeks. There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled and it turned into a reality. The promotion had been promoting this lightweight title fight at the […]

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UFC 223 is set to be a huge event despite not having the original main event that had been advertised over the past few weeks.

There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled and it turned into a reality.

The promotion had been promoting this lightweight title fight at the UFC 223 pay-per-view as their next big event. The trends were there for it to be the biggest thus far this year.

There was some concern that it wouldn’t do as well once it was revealed that Ferguson wouldn’t be able to compete due to injury.

The UFC was able to talk featherweight champion Max Holloway into accepting the fight and go for history as if he beats Nurmagomedov then he would be a two-division champion.

UFC President Dana White went on record by stating at Wednesday’s (April 4, 2018) press conference that this event is the biggest trending fight since UFC 205.

“The great thing about us being able to pull this off and him stepping up is this thing is a sellout on Saturday and all the trending for pay-per-view (PPV), this is the biggest fight since UFC 205,” said White (transcript courtesy of MMA Mania).

UFC 205, which took place back in 2016, featured Conor McGregor’s history-making win over Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title.

This event also beats out UFC 207 which marked Ronda Rousey’s highly-anticipated return only to be dominated by UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in the main event.

UFC 207 also featured a co-main event bantamweight title fight between Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz that did 1.1 million PPV buys.

The latest big event was UFC 214 that saw a light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier that reportedly raked in 860,000 buys. UFC 205 pulled in 1.5 PPV buys.

A rematch between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will serve as the co-main event of UFC 223.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Al Iaquinta vs. Paul Felder in a lightweight bout, Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis in a lightweight bout, and Renato Moicano vs. Calvin Kattar in a featherweight bout.

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Dana White Claims UFC 223 Is Trending As Biggest Event In Almost Two Years

UFC 223 is set to be a huge event despite not having the original main event that had been advertised over the past few weeks. There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled and it turned into a reality. The promotion had been promoting this lightweight title fight at the […]

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UFC 223 is set to be a huge event despite not having the original main event that had been advertised over the past few weeks.

There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled and it turned into a reality.

The promotion had been promoting this lightweight title fight at the UFC 223 pay-per-view as their next big event. The trends were there for it to be the biggest thus far this year.

There was some concern that it wouldn’t do as well once it was revealed that Ferguson wouldn’t be able to compete due to injury.

The UFC was able to talk featherweight champion Max Holloway into accepting the fight and go for history as if he beats Nurmagomedov then he would be a two-division champion.

UFC President Dana White went on record by stating at Wednesday’s (April 4, 2018) press conference that this event is the biggest trending fight since UFC 205.

“The great thing about us being able to pull this off and him stepping up is this thing is a sellout on Saturday and all the trending for pay-per-view (PPV), this is the biggest fight since UFC 205,” said White (transcript courtesy of MMA Mania).

UFC 205, which took place back in 2016, featured Conor McGregor’s history-making win over Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title.

This event also beats out UFC 207 which marked Ronda Rousey’s highly-anticipated return only to be dominated by UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in the main event.

UFC 207 also featured a co-main event bantamweight title fight between Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz that did 1.1 million PPV buys.

The latest big event was UFC 214 that saw a light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier that reportedly raked in 860,000 buys. UFC 205 pulled in 1.5 PPV buys.

A rematch between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will serve as the co-main event of UFC 223.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Al Iaquinta vs. Paul Felder in a lightweight bout, Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis in a lightweight bout, and Renato Moicano vs. Calvin Kattar in a featherweight bout.

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It Sucks Tony Ferguson Got Hurt, But Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway Is Still A Great Fight

Some of the most disappointing and shocking news imaginable dropped late Sunday night, on April Fools of all days, when UFC president Dana White announced UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson was injured and out of his UFC 223 main event bout…

Some of the most disappointing and shocking news imaginable dropped late Sunday night, on April Fools of all days, when UFC president Dana White announced UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson was injured and out of his UFC 223 main event bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov. In Ferguson’s place will be Max Holloway, the UFC featherweight […]

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