Conor McGregor goes crazy, crashes UFC press conferences & throws barricade - warrant for his arrest is issued

What gives me pause is that supposedly McGregor got 10s of millions from his boxing match. It sure seems to me that 50 million in the bank (ok, properly invested) and with his current reputation, he has nothing to win and everything to lose if he goes and fights again and gets dominated (see Rhonda Rousey). He can live off his celebrity and have that huge cushion to lay on.

But yea, surely staged.

To suggest Conor McGregor wasn't 'invited' is preposterous. They're having a title fight for the title he is being stripped. Plus, he has a training partner that was scheduled to fight. They absolutely would let him in.

You see, when people get 'arrested' on a WWE show it's with fake cops and the person 'arrested' shows up later that night to disrupt the main event. It wouldn't make the news and the 'suspect' wouldn't be brought up on charges from the NYPD. McGregor has been arrested and charged with 3 counts of assault and criminal mischief. If the NYPD is doing this as part of a stunt with the UFC then it would piss a lot of people off.

Conor is very naughty. I wish Sylvester Stallone showed up and gave him a spanking. Sylvester Stallone is in Rambo. Sylvester Stallone is like the Bekele of fighters to me.

The fact that Dana White has been unwilling so far to terminate his professional relationship with McGregor, that when asked repeatedly if McGregor will be kicked out of UFC he ducked the question, makes me think that it may be staged to some degree.

Sad.

Anyone with a sock full of pop corn in their skull instead of a brain will know this is hype for a fight, promo.

It may have been totally staged but he's still getting charged by legit cops:

https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/nypd-hits-conor-mcgregor-with-charges-after-event-rampage/

When you damage a bus like that in a public setting I'm not sure if the other party even can decline to press charges. Anyone know?

The LEGIT charges should be everyone's clue. But, as is habit on LRC, the most vocal and opinionated tend to be the least informed. They had to pull three fights from the card days before the event without replacement.

McGregor isn't a US citizen. The charges mean nothing to him. The UFC has enough money to buy the best lawyers, not to mmtion the police and DA.

This is a hackneyed script. I'm surprised he didn't used folding chairs.

Cmon ROJO. This news was so 18 hours ago.

So when you are charged for crimes in another country it means nothing and there can be no consequences? Ignorance on your part. Dana White just stated on an interview on ESPN he will not help McGregor legally in this situation. Come back here if he does... I'll be waiting.

The tensions between UFC and McGregor are real, but they are playing it up for their mutual benefit. McGregor walked away from UFC at the top of his game and go a huge payday for his fight with Mayweather. UFC saw none of that action. Now, McGregor has been away from the octagon for almost two years and is probably not in shape to fight yet. So, instead of going out and getting beat and going the way of Rhonda, he is going to play out some drama to bring up his brand for the inevitable return to the ring. Just compare the hype behind McGregor returning to fight as a convict who did time versus McGregor returning to the ring out of shape and struggling to get past a lesser fighter. The hype behind the latter will be about as big as the Mayweather bout.

Veritas wrote:

So when you are charged for crimes in another country it means nothing and there can be no consequences? Ignorance on your part. Dana White just stated on an interview on ESPN he will not help McGregor legally in this situation. Come back here if he does... I'll be waiting.

It's a much bigger issue for someone getting charged out of country. If he's in country, it won' t affect his employment. Now in theory it could affect his ability to fight in the US if he gets convicted of something serious.

I'm pretty sure Americans with DUI's can't go to Canada. Our laws the other way aren't as strict but you understand the point.

I assume McGregor was going to make a scene at press conference and it got out of hand.

No doubt they would play up the tension with McGregor and the UFC. However... Are you suggesting the NYPD arrested and charged McGregor with 4 crimes for funsies hours after the incident? You think they did that?

I'm sure meant to cause a scene. But what happened was criminal. Do you think the UFC would fine with him throwing a heavy, metal dolly through a glass window with other fighters right behind it? If they were going to stage an altercation, a back-stage shoving match would been as effective without risk of potential injuries.

Too Legit wrote:

McGregor isn't a US citizen. The charges mean nothing to him. The UFC has enough money to buy the best lawyers, not to mmtion the police and DA.

This is a hackneyed script. I'm surprised he didn't used folding chairs.

All of you people with your conspiracy theories etc. are nuts. UFC fighters are a bunch of jacked up dudes with thug mentalities. They hang out with their training groups like gangs. This was basically rival gangs going after each other - and yeah, they really are that stupid and CM really will be convicted of a crime that he really committed. And it’s unlikely this little gang war is over.

And Dana White only cares about money and people making him money. He throws any fighter who won’t fight under the bus no matter how much money they made for him in he past. In fact, the more money they could make for him the more pissed off he gets when they won’t fight. Right now CM isn’t fighting so he’s dog shlt to Dana. Dana is a little bltch and there is no way he will stand up for his fighters they are just the hired help to him. The guy is classless.

The NYPD is a completely upstanding organization. It has a long history completely devoid of corruption. Zero ties to organized crime. Totally uninfluenced by bribes. The most honest.

So the NYPD was 'bribed' to press actual charges? Against a UFC fighter... To build up a future UFC event... This is what you are saying. Amazing...

NYPD isn't going to be mixed up in some bs charges to benefit the UFC.

Some of you, including one that runs the board and has a brother involved in the board, are amongst the most gullible conspiratorists on the web. Go stay at Alex Jones and leave the posting here to the 7 or 8 of us who have a brain.

Wejo is correct. If Conor is convicted he won't be able to come back to this country.