During last night’s UFC 229 brawl, the broadcast team of Jon Anik,Joe Rogan, and Dominick Cruz made it seem like Conor McGregor was an innocent participant after three members of Khabib Nurmagedov’s team jumped into the cage to attack him.
Khabib makes Conor tap out and then chaos ensues
– Khabib talks some extra trash to Conor
– Khabib jumps the cage
– Conor appears to get punched by a member of Khabib's team pic.twitter.com/w2eg4Yz3tc— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) October 7, 2018
We now have an alternate angle of what transpired in the cage after Nurmagedov jumped into the crowd and it doesn’t seem like McGregor was blameless in the scuffle.
Watch the highlighted portion of the screen as McGregor appears to throw a punch at one of Nurmagedov’s coaches who was sitting atop of the cage
Conor hit khabib team first, in the ring 🙄
#UFC229 pic.twitter.com/GewanNxWxh— Dont tell kay (@dont_tell_kay) October 7, 2018
Several people believe that this was an “unprovoked sucker punch” by Conor.
https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1048830822260899840
I didn’t notice this. You can see Conor and a Khabib cornerman looking to go over the fence. When Conor is held back by a guard he blindsides the cornerman.
Not quite as innocent as he would first seem… he’s NOT defending anyone or himself hitting a guy who’s not looking. https://t.co/zTPeMcU4Ep— Nathan Quarry (@NateRockQuarry) October 7, 2018
Any media members still trying to pretend like Conor didn't throw the first punch and instigate the in cage brawl? @joerogan @maxkellerman @Jon_Anik @BrendanSchaub @FlyinBrianJ pic.twitter.com/FAlkAO1n4K
— Hater Bets DGF (@BigToneTrader) October 7, 2018
Others say McGregor was trying to defend his teammates after Nurmagedov had already jumped in crowd.
https://twitter.com/Mainy1009/status/1048836440640114688
https://twitter.com/Ronan99_/status/1048835128267628544
https://twitter.com/SaintJonpaul/status/1048834522417188869
Here’s another view.
Pay close attention at 0:06, Conor threw punch at Khabib's corner mate first. pic.twitter.com/zlkccOrYUF
— Aqib Jahangir (@Aqib_Jahangir_1) October 7, 2018
In the end Conor refused to press charges against anyone on Nurmagedov’s team and is calling for a rematch.
Conor refused to press charges, according to Dana. Three guys who were detained by Metro were released
— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) October 7, 2018
Good knock. Looking forward to the rematch.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 7, 2018