Conor McGregor jumps the Cage at Bellator 187 & goes after Referee Marc Goddard, Slaps a Commissioner - Video
Conor McGregor hops into Bellator cage and goes after referee Marc Goddard (via @DutchFightNet) pic.twitter.com/IVXJk15Uks
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) November 10, 2017
#McGregor going for @marcgoddard_uk mental stuff. Place went mad #Bellator187 pic.twitter.com/0yIBlcBHhN
— Anto (@Arsenal__MMA) November 10, 2017
Bellator analyst Jimmy Smith was calling the fight for Spike, and clarified the situation with regards to why McGregor was told to leave the cage.
Commissioner told me after the fight that ref was trying to clear the cage to verify KO was before the bell, hence putting hands on Connor and the melee began
— Jimmy Smith (@jimmysmithmma) November 10, 2017
This isn’t even the first incident between McGregor and Goddard within the past month. At UFC Gdansk in October, McGregor effectively acted as a roving cornerman as he instructed his teammate Artem Lobov during his fight against Andre Fili. Of course, McGregor wasn’t an official cornerman, and Goddard told him to go back to his seat.
As if that wasn’t enough, there’s footage of him slapping a commissioner who told him to get down from the cage.
Conor McGregor also slapped a commissioner tonight as he was told to get down from the cage. Not good.
— Dale Jordan (@MMAMadDale) November 10, 2017
Video via @BryanLaceyMMA https://t.co/g2wFMsETTc pic.twitter.com/WZkXSV7oOT
Per MMA Fighting’s Peter Carroll, “when McGregor initially left the cage, he turned around and ran back into the enclosure shouting “that was a f*cking stoppage” before he was again asked to leave.”
After his final exit from the cage, he did a lap of the stage waving to the fans in attendance.
What happened in Dublin is certainly more serious and could lead to repercussions from the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC).
ABC President Mike Mazzulli, who was serving in a regulatory capacity at Bellator 187, just texted me: "Mr. McGregor is not bigger than the sport of MMA!!!"
— Steven Marrocco (@MMAjunkieSteven) November 10, 2017
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