Conor McGregor has arrived in Brooklyn and there’s been an incident already

Matthew Gault

It’s all kicking off.

We knew Conor McGregor wasn’t in a great mood today. Late last night, the Irishman responded aggressively to Dana White confirming that he will be stripped of his UFC Lightweight title.

Now, it looks as though he’s taken it a step further. According to MMA Fighting reporter Ariel Helwani, McGregor arrived at the Barclays Center with members of his entourage to crash the end of the UFC 223 media day ahead ofKhabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway’s headlining bout for the lightweight belt.

Helwani said there was an altercation as a van attempted to drive some fighters away. He has also been told that Michael Chiesa has suffered ‘a laceration’ during the incident.

Conor McGregor and members of his team showed up at the Barclays Center at the very end of media day moments ago. There was an altercation with some of the departing fighters who are competing on the card.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

I’m told from people who were in the van that as the van was driving off, they started banging on the windows before security broke it all up.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

I’m told as the van was driving away to take the fighters back to the hotel that’s when it happened. Those fighters haven’t left the arena now.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

I’m told that chairs were thrown through the van window and one passenger on the van was injured.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

Dana White is on his way back to the arena. Most of he fighters are still in the arena but some were able to leave.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

According to multiple sources Michael Chiesa suffered a laceration in the fracas. He is being attended to at the arena. Unclear at this time how serious his injury is.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

I’ve seen video shot by fighters in the van. Very clear Conor is telling someone to get out of the van before being pulled away by security. Khabib and his team were in that particular van.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

Footage has emerged of McGregor storming in on the media day below. There is no sound and it does not appear to contain footage of the altercation.

The footage comes from MMAnytt.se’s Jim Edwards.

Here is another clip, allegedly of McGregor and his entourage causing trouble backstage. Some are suggesting that McGregor is the one throwing the railing in the footage below, but it’s far from conclusive.