Well, Conor McGregor is the center of controversy again.
McGregor and his entourage stormed the Barclays Center following UFC 223 media day in Brooklyn on Thursday and caused a chaotic scene that left one individual — lightweight contender Michael Chiesa — with a laceration. Chiesa is scheduled to fight Anthony Pettis on Saturday night. At the moment, the severity of his injury is unclear.
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported that McGregor’s team attacked a van filled with Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team as it was departing the arena, banging on the vehicle excessively and throwing chairs through a window. Various videos were shot that shows McGregor ordering an unidentified individual to get out of the van before being taken away by security, Helwani reported.
This attack mostly likely stems from the altercation between Nurmagomedov, his team and McGregor’s longtime SBG Ireland teammate, Artem Lobov, on Tuesday.
Video of McGregor’s scene at the Barclays Center can be seen below.
Per ESPN, UFC president Dana White stated that Lobov has been removed from UFC 223 and a warrant is out for McGregor’s arrest with the NYPD.
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