Michael Chiesa’s Lawsuit Against Conor McGregor Revealed
The UFC 223 bus incident isn’t in the rear-view mirror just yet for Conor McGregor. The Irish superstar was sued by Michael Chiesa after he had been injured in the dolly-throwing episode back in UFC 223, and we have details of this litigation. TMZ was the first to examine the details of the litigation in a video that you are able to watch at the conclusion of this report.
As stated by the TMZ report, Chiesa is asserting that the UFC 223 dolly incident was a publicity stunt on the part of McGregor, and Chiesa wants all of McGregor’s gains from his mega struggle against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. According to the lawsuit, the”Son of Sam” law in New York applies to this incident, where someone convicted of a crime can’t use that crime to gain. According to the suit, Chiesa considers McGregor profited from the UFC 223 episode, partially because it drew more attention to the card, and because the UFC utilized footage of the bus assault to promote the McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov struggle at UFC 229. Keep in mind that the UFC 229 pay-per-view was the biggest selling PPV the UFC has ever done, so McGregor made countless dollars for that fight, and Chiesa needs a piece of the pie.
Will Chiesa’s lawsuit be successful? Who knows now, and it is possible this is eventually settled out of court. But clearly Chiesa was given legal advice to take this as much as he can go and he’ll try and make some money from it, and it is hard to blame him considering he was legitimately hurt in the bus attack. Thus far, fans and media have laughed off Chiesa’s suit. But everybody should recall Chiesa received facial cuts at the bus attack that forced him off the card. He later fought at UFC 226 and lost by submssion into 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 litigation in your mind you need to wonder whether it is going to affect him.
As for McGregor, he is still dealing with the Nevada Athletic Commission in relation to the UFC 229 episode where Nurmagomedov jumped over the fence. It has been rumored McGregor plans to fight in MMA again in 2019, but till we see what kind of sanction he will get for UFC 229 it is difficult to say exactly when he will compete , and against who. The bus attack clearly did not hurt McGregor’s inventory as far as it hurt a number of the other fighters daily, such as Rose Namajunas, that says the bus attack emotionally scarred her and that hasn’t fought because UFC 223. While McGregor has made countless since then, other fighters who afternoon such as Ray Borg were badly affected by the episode, and it’s difficult to blame those who were injured in the attack to try and sue McGregor and determine what happens in the courts.
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