Lightweight contender Michael Chiesa was forced to withdraw from UFC 223 while Ray Borg also suffered an eye injury from the attack.
Mcgregor leaves the courthouse in cuffs.
McGregor did not enter a plea during his court appearance and posted bail set at $50,000, ahead of his next hearing on June 14.
“All the guys that ended up not getting fights, they’ll all get paid for not getting fights“, White said.
Logically, the events of the weekend might dictate a bout between Nurmagomedov and McGregor. At one point, video from inside the bus shows a hand truck smashing through the bus windows, cutting UFC fighter Mike Chiesa’s face.
White said credentialed journalists from McGregor’s website, The Mac Life, let McGregor and a large entourage into Barclays Center. The person was treated at a hospital and released.
McGregor was arraigned Friday on charges of felony criminal mischief charges and misdemeanor assault, menacing and reckless endangerment charges following a backstage melee he sparked at a UFC event in New York City. Cowley allegedly threw a chair at the bus. He was released on bail of $25,000.
Despite being well known for his brash attitude on social media, the 29-year-old has remained silent since appearing in court. The Washington Post reported that Holloway was recently deemed medically unfit to fight against Nurmagomedov.
“Iaquinta is a real gangster, he took the fight, we fought inside the cage like men”.
However, anyone expecting to grab any of the limelight from McGregor is mistaken.
Due to a change in the main event, customers may receive a full ticket refund at the original point of purchase. And until McGregor decides to get back the Octagon and take care of his business there, in a few months he’ll once again be a non-entity.
McGregor’s group attacked a bus using trash cans, metal barricades and the dolly, White said.
White, meantime, seems to be sending mixed messages about any future UFC events involving McGregor, who has not fought in a UFC event since November 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez.
NEW YORK (AP) – Cocksure and uncouth, Conor McGregor was never afraid to defy authority.
In a statement on Thursday, the UFC said McGregor, Lobov and more than a dozen others had “vandalised the vehicle”, calling the disruption “completely unacceptable” and they are “working on the consequences that will follow”.
UFC said three fights on Saturday’s UFC 223 card have been scrapped as a result of the incident.