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Conor went bananas and put a beating on the van that we were in looking for Khabib (Nurmagomedov). A million security guards had to restrain him. Mike’s cut up now. He’s got marks on him, for sure. I don’t think too serious. Everything happened so fast, it was just like we got jumped.”
Rick Little, coach of mixed martial artist Michael Chiesa, on an incident Thursday in New York City involving UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Police were seeking to question McGregor after the fighter and members of his entourage allegedly attacked a bus taking Chiesa and others to a hotel, a police spokesman told USA TODAY. Little told MMAjunkie that Chiesa was “cut up” from shattered glass. The incident took place at Barclays Center for UFC 223 media day. Chiesa is scheduled to fight Anthony Pettis on Saturday in Brooklyn.