Michael Chiesa’s Lawsuit Against Conor McGregor Revealed
The UFC 223 bus episode is not in the rear-view mirror only yet for Conor McGregor. The Irish superstar was sued by Michael Chiesa after he had been hurt in the dolly-throwing incident back in UFC 223, and we have details of the litigation. TMZ has been the first to report the details of the litigation in a movie which you can watch at the end of this article.
According to the TMZ report, Chiesa is claiming that the UFC 223 dolly incident was a publicity stunt on the part of McGregor, and now Chiesa wants all of McGregor’s profits from his mega fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. According to the litigation, the”Son of Sam” law in New York applies to this incident, where a person convicted of a crime can’t utilize that offense to gain. According to the lawsuit, Chiesa considers McGregor profited from the UFC 223 incident, partly because it drew more attention to him and the card, and because the UFC utilized footage of the bus attack to market the McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov fight at UFC 229. Keep in mind that the UFC 229 pay-per-view has been the biggest selling PPV the UFC has done, therefore McGregor made countless dollars for that struggle, and Chiesa needs a piece of this pie.
Will Chiesa’s lawsuit succeed? Who knows at this point, and it’s possible this is eventually settled out of court. But obviously Chiesa was granted legal advice to take this as much as he can go and he will try and make some cash from it, and it’s hard to blame him believing he had been legitimately hurt in the bus attack. Thus far, fans and press have laughed off Chiesa’s suit. But everyone should recall Chiesa received facial cuts at the bus attack that forced him off the card. He later fought UFC 226 and lost by submssion to Anthony Pettis, and he must feel like he got the raw end of the deal. Chiesa is next scheduled to face Carlos Condit at the year-end UFC 232 card, but using this lawsuit in mind you have to wonder if it will affect him.
In terms of McGregor, he is still dealing with the Nevada Athletic Commission in regards to this UFC 229 episode where Nurmagomedov jumped through the fence. It has been rumored McGregor intends to fight in MMA again in 2019, but till we see what kind of sanction he’ll get for UFC 229 it’s difficult to say exactly when he will compete again, and contrary to who. The bus attack obviously did not hurt McGregor’s inventory as much as it hurt a number of the other fighters daily, including Rose Namajunas, who says the bus attack mentally scarred her and who has not fought because UFC 223. While McGregor has left millions since then, other fighters that day including Ray Borg were badly affected by the incident, and it’s difficult to blame those who were hurt from the attack to attempt to sue McGregor and determine what happens in the courts.
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