MICHAEL CHIESA WANTS ALL OF CONOR MCGREGOR’S UFC 229 EARNINGS

Michael Chiesa’s Lawsuit Against Conor McGregor Revealed

The UFC 223 bus episode is not in the rear-view mirror only yet for Conor McGregor. The Irish celebrity was sued by Michael Chiesa after he was injured in the dolly-throwing incident back in UFC 223, and now we have details of the lawsuit. TMZ was the first to examine the particulars of the litigation in a video that you are able to watch at the conclusion of the 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 now Chiesa desires all McGregor’s gains from his mega fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229. According to the lawsuit, the”Son of Sam” law in New York applies to the incident, where someone convicted of a crime can’t use that crime to profit. According to the suit, Chiesa considers McGregor profited from the UFC 223 episode, partially because it attracted more attention to the card, and because the UFC utilized footage of the bus attack to promote the McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov struggle at UFC 229. Remember the UFC 229 pay-per-view has been the largest selling PPV the UFC has ever done, so McGregor made millions of dollars for that struggle, and Chiesa needs a piece of the pie.
Can Chiesa’s lawsuit be successful? Who knows now, and it’s possible this is eventually settled out of court. But clearly Chiesa was granted legal advice to carry this as far as he can go and he’ll try and make some cash off of it, also it is difficult to blame him believing he was legitimately injured in the bus attack. So far, fans and media have laughed off Chiesa’s suit. But everybody should recall Chiesa received facial cuts in the bus attack that forced him off the card. He fought UFC 226 and lost by submssion into Anthony Pettis, and he must feel like he got the raw end of the offer. Chiesa is next scheduled to confront Carlos Condit at the UFC 232 card, but with this litigation in your mind you have to wonder if it is going to change him.
In terms of McGregor, he’s still dealing with the Nevada Athletic Commission in regards to the UFC 229 incident where Nurmagomedov jumped over the fence. It’s been rumored McGregor intends to fight in MMA again in 2019, but until we see what sort of sanction he will get for UFC 229 it is hard to say exactly when he will compete again, and against who. The bus attack clearly didn’t hurt McGregor’s stock as far as it hurt some of the other fighters that day, including Rose Namajunas, that states the bus attack emotionally scarred her and that hasn’t fought because UFC 223. While McGregor has made countless since then, other fighters that day such as Ray Borg were severely affected by the incident, and it’s hard to blame people who were injured in the attack to try and sue McGregor and see what happens in the courts.

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