Conor McGregor has gone full retard
Updating with links as the story develops:
Update 1: Some background info:
Conor McGregor is currently the most popular mma fighter in the world. He is known for starting feuds with multiple other fighters in a WWEish style. Several months ago he hopped a cage and slapped a ref from another promotion.
Him raging might be related to this. (Khabib Nurmagomedov a person he has been feuding with picking on his friend after his friend was talking shit) https://www.facebook.com/mma247official/videos/1523926604386977 Or be related to him most likely being stripped of the title on Saturday after not defending it for over a year. https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/4/5/17202720/conor-mcgregor-dana-white-stripped-nothing-ufc-223-lightweight-title-holloway-vs-khabib-mma-news
Update 2:
https://twitter.com/LaMonicaMark/status/981946911082057728
MMA subreddit thread: thread https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/8a1p8v/conor_mcgregor_has_apparently_arrived_in_new_york/?sort=confidence&st=jfmv2rar&sh=1b2ae5ce
Update 3: https://streamable.com/djs4s
Video of him throwing a bike rack
Another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AAg_JzuD7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTb05nl2-Mo
https://twitter.com/jrsvx/status/981960460323848192
Update 4:
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/981950471521914880
According to multiple sources Michael Chiesa suffered a laceration in the fracas. He is being attended to at the arena. Unclear at this time how serious his injury is.
Michael Chiesa is supposed to fight on Saturday, this might have affected that.
Update 5: Best footage so far http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/05/conor-mcgregor-ufc-attack-bus/ there are two videos
Update 6: Lots of conflicting reports about if he's been arrested, going to be arrested, or has a warrant out for his arrest.
Update 7: MMA subreddit's megathread https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/8a2ra0/official_megathread_conor_in_nyc/?st=jfmxx38e&sh=ae4c5796
Update 8: His friend Artem Lobov who was supposed to fight on the card and who Khabib was bullying yesterday was with him during the altercation and has been removed from the card.
Dana White (ufc promoter) tl;dw
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let in through door by some media guys who worked for McGregor's company.
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his crew and him stormed the building to the loading docks and attacked the busses and broke a window
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cut a fighter real bad (in hospital), almost hit another fighter (Rose Najamaunes the 125 pound women's champ), broke a UFC employee's knuckles
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there is a warrant out for his arrest, his plane isn't allowed to leave, he can't leave NY (according to dana, others say no warrant yet)
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calls it the most disgusting thing in the history of the UFC
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Says Conor was absolutely one of the ones throwing things, everything is on the security camera including them being let in.
Update 10:
Straight from the rumour mill
https://i.imgur.com/A3XitwR.jpg
Translation: "All men, who are in New York, come to Brookyln Bridge Marriot urgently!"
Someone calling the Dagestani guys (Khabib's Crew) back to the hotel.
Also Conor making his escape https://www.instagram.com/p/BhMofaUl90-/
Edit 11: https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/982000783486062594
Chiesa intends to fight. Whether he will or not, and what weight it will be at, nobody seems to know at this point. He lost hours of cut time. Several facial cuts, on bridge of nose and hairline, I'm told. The guy is at the hotel though, cutting weight, trying to fight.
Edit 12: Warrant issued apparently but the source is crap http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/37890424/report-warrant-issued-for-conor-mcgregors-arrest-after-ufc-bus-attack
Also Khabib's response: https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/4/5/17204090/khabib-nurmagomedov-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-bus-attack-i-am-laughing
“To be honest, I don’t want him to go to jail,” Nurmagomedov said. “We have to fight. If we have to fight, let’s fight. Send me location. Please, we have to fix this. Me and you. One-on-one. You want 10-on-10? OK.
“I give his whole team slap and no one say anything. He come with media, with cameras when I’m alone. Of course I want to go outside but they don’t let me leave the bus. He knows this.
“They don’t do nothing. I’m here.”
Edit 13:
Betting odds: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/335856129466695685/431608476385673220/unknown.png
Edit 14: https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/982049859887947776
Translation: Ray Borg is being taken to the hospital because he is having trouble opening his eyes as a result of what he believes is shrapnel that entered his eye as a result of the incident with Conor McGregor earlier today.
Final update before bed: https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/982087755592290305?s=19
Posted Apr 5, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC · edited