If they can prove it was in retaliation over the Khabib and Artem incident, things could get dicey. Don't see how that's going to be feasible though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
If they can prove it was in retaliation over the Khabib and Artem incident, things could get dicey. Don't see how that's going to be feasible though.
This wasn't self defense, so I don't think New York is going to care about his reasons. [Reply]
TMZ is reporting 2 charges for misdemeanor assault (so the 3rd degree), and a charge of felony criminal mischief. the vandalism charge got upgraded to a felony because he caused over $8,000 of damage.
edit: maximum penalty for the felony charge is 7 years
Originally Posted by thegame214:
The timing of it being wrestlemania weekend makes me wonder if not somewhat of an over the top stunt that went too far
People keep saying this which is understandable, but no.
Dana and the UFC had no plans for Conor to be there, and there is no way in hell they would agree to a stunt where Conor confronts the red corner bus. Conor himself didn't decide to fly to New York until Wednesday evening when he saw the footage of Artem being confronted by Khabib, so he flew out overnight and because he's an insane dumbass he gathered up a posse and went looking for him.
If Conor had contacted the UFC about promoting a fight, they simply would have had Conor sit cageside and have him jump into the cage after the main event to screech a challenge at the winner. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
If they can prove it was in retaliation over the Khabib and Artem incident, things could get dicey. Don't see how that's going to be feasible though.
The law makes no allowances for retaliation. He wasn't defending Artem, he was trying to keep himself relevant. I hope Borg, Chiessa and everyone else sue the shit out of him. [Reply]
The plan now is to see if Pettis can make 155. If he can, he will fightstruggle against be brutally murdered by Khabib. He's got 30 minutes left to make weight. [Reply]
The reason was probably obvious, but the NYAC doctors were observing Max's weight cut this morning, decided he was way too dehydrated to safely get to 155, and told him to stop. Max and his team wanted to keep going.
The AC's have come a long way on this, from California's new weight cutting rules, and now this. We'll still see zombies stumbling to the scale in less-regulated jurisdictions, but all of the large AC's are taking it a lot more seriously. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
The reason was probably obvious, but the NYAC doctors were observing Max's weight cut this morning, decided he was way too dehydrated to safely get to 155, and told him to stop. Max and his team wanted to keep going.
The AC's have come a long way on this, from California's new weight cutting rules, and now this. We'll still see zombies stumbling to the scale in less-regulated jurisdictions, but all of the large AC's are taking it a lot more seriously.
Unfortunately, someone is going to have to drop dead before the UFC adopts any new rules. Amateur wrestling had to have the same thing after I think 3 college wrestlers dropped dead. [Reply]
Pettis weighed in at 155.2, the NYAC doctors have cleared him to continue cutting weight, and he has 2 hours to lose the last 0.2 (he wont need anywhere near 2 hours to do that) He didn't look bad at all, he was probably at 156 this morning.
So, tomorrow night, live on PPV, Khabib will kill Showtime. [Reply]
