Volkan Oezdemir might be facing a felony battery charge, but that won’t prevent him from trying to batter UFC lightweight champion Daniel Cormier (pictured) at UFC 220.
After seemingly endless back-and-forth, the women’s featherweight title tilt between champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino and Holly Holm is finally set for UFC 219.
Oscar De La Hoya is 44 and hasn’t fought in nearly a decade. The Golden Boy says he’s been secretly training to return to action against Conor McGregor.
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This is a far different response than what McGregor offered Monday via Twitter.
“Bloke KO’d on the floor bout a minute straight and ref trying to say fights not over Conor,” McGregor wrote, only to regrettably delete moments later. “That’s when I lost it. F–k yous all.”
In case you missed it, McGregor was sitting cageside at Bellator 187 inside 3Arena in his backyard of Dublin Friday supporting his fellow SGB Ireland teammate Charlie Ward. After watching Ward unleash a vicious 1stRound TKO victory over John Redmond, McGregor rushed inside the cage in excitement despite not being a licensed cornerman.
McGregor then shoved referee Marc Goddard and started screaming at him, while a battered Redmond was trying to regain his senses by McGregor’s feet. McGregor had to be physically removed from the cage.
In today’s apology, McGregor is referencing last April’s tragic death of Ireland’s Joao Carvalho. Carvelho passed away just 48 hours after suffering a knockout loss to Ward in Dublin.
That may or may not be a legitimate reason for McGregor’s assault on Goddard, but he fails to explain why he slapped a commissioner in the face moments later when he was stopped from jumping the cage to continue his celebration with Ward.
Conor McGregor also slapped a commissioner tonight as he was told to get down from the cage. Not good.
Yeah, I’d be embarrassed to bring this part up again, too…
Association of Boxing Commissions president Mike Mazzulli, who served as the director of the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation for the event, is currently evaluating his legal options against McGregor.
The UFC has yet to publicly address McGregor’s actions, but Mazzulli claims they have dealt with their lightweight champion behind the scenes. Mazzulli said on The MMA Hour that the UFC told him they have pulled McGregor from their end of the year bash on December 30.
You can take the “punishment” with a grain of salt, because McGregor was not scheduled to appear in the event anyway.
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