UFC President Dana White has Reacted to Conor McGregor’s Insane Attack on the UFC 223 Press Bus…
In an emergency interview with the press UFC president, Dana White has given his reaction to the “criminal, disgusting, despicable” events involving Conor McGregor in Brooklyn, New York today. The Irishman was videoed, with his entourage, launching a full-scale assault on the UFC 223 press bus.
Bottles, dollies and trash cans were amongst numerous objects being thrown with some casualties occurring. The incredible events appear to have been a reaction by McGregor’s team to the ‘Notorious’ being stripped of his lightweight title.
The bus was full of UFC fighters including Khabib Nurmagamedov who had a verbal altercation with McGregor’s teammate and training partner Artem Lobov this week. McGregor and his team could face severe legal action because there is video footage going viral of them committing assault and damaging property.
Felice Herrig captured part of the ruckus caused behind the scenes when Conor McGregor and his team arrived. This is from her Instagram account pic.twitter.com/9R6T2eNNTs
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) April 5, 2018
What Went Down
In the interview, White explained exactly what happened today. He said:
“What happened here today is that Conor and approximately 20 guys were let in through the doors by the Mac life guys here, who were credentialed here. They opened the doors for them through an entrance, they stormed the building, got down to the loading docks where the fighters were getting on the buses and starting attacking the buses.”
“Broke one of the windows and cut Michael Chiesa really bad. He had glass… cut his head and cut his face. Rose Namajunas apparently was almost hit. She’s super upset and basically left and walked back to the hotel. And hurt one of employees.”
Disgusting
White is not impressed. He described it as the “most disgusting thing to have happened in the history of the company. Allegedly there is a warrant out for the arrest of Conor McGregor who can legitimately expect a prison sentence for his role in the events. White said:
“There is a warrant out for Conor McGregor’s arrest. They’re looking for him right now. His plane cannot take off. With this warrant, he’ll be grounded. I’m assuming eventually if they don’t catch him, he’ll turn himself in.”
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 5, 2018
Consequences
The most immediate consequences are that Artem Lobov has been pulled from the card because he was involved in the attack. McGregor will at the very least be ‘sued beyond belief.’ White was absolutely disgusted and said that he hopes that the Mac Life crew are also convicted.
“I don’t know if he’s on drugs or what his deal is,” White summed up. But to come this, and act like this and you’re talking about a guy who has a baby. A kid. This is how you’re acting? You have a son at home.”
Wow. That’s some deep trouble the ‘Notorious’ has landed himself in. There’s no escape from this one. It isn’t going to be a case of just pay a pocket money fine, like in the incident between him and Nate Diaz at a press conference in Las Vegas back in 2016. For the moment the police will handle the situation, but there will definitely be lawsuits soon.
