Conor McGregor charged with 3 counts of assault after bizarre attack on UFC press event
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Loading...UFC issued the following statement late Thursday:
"Thursday afternoon, following the UFC 223 media day at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, an incident in the facility injured two athletes on Saturday's card, forcing them to be pulled from the event.
"Lightweight Michael Chiesa, who received several facial cuts, was deemed unfit to fight by the New York State Athletic Commission and the UFC medical team, and he was removed from his bout against Anthony Pettis.
"Flyweight Ray Borg, who was scheduled to face Brandon Moreno, was deemed unfit to fight as well due to multiple cornea abrasions.
"Also removed from the card was the featherweight bout between Artem Lobov and Alex Caceres due to Lobov's involvement in the incident.
"UFC 223 will proceed as scheduled with 10 bouts."
FC is in New York to promote the UFC 223 pay-per-view event at Brookyln's Barclays Center on Saturday.
Two fighters, Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg, required medical treatment after the incident. Borg suffered an eye injury from shattered glass, while Chiesa suffered multiple cuts to the face, according to the MMA Fighting journalist Ariel Helwani.
As a result, Chiesa and Borg will be unable to fight Saturday. McGregor's friend Artem Lobov, who was due to fight Alex Caceres on Saturday but was accused of participating in the attack, has been withdrawn from the event as punishment, reducing the number of fights this weekend to 10 bouts from a planned 13.
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