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SPORTS Friday 6 april 2018

In this Nov. 13, 2016, file photo, Conor McGregor leaves the
octagon with his title belts after knocking out Eddie Alvarez dur-
ing a lightweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 205 at Madison
Square Garden in New York.
Associated Press
McGregor involved

in backstage melee

ahead of UFC 223

NEW YORK (AP) — Conor McGregor last fought at all
McGregor was involved in a boxing match he lost
in a backstage melee af- to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Chicago Blackhawks' Alex DeBrincat (12) leaps out of the way as St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake
ter a news conference for Aug. 26, 2017. Allen, right, blocks a shot and Blues' Alex Pietrangelo watches during the third period of an NHL
UFC223, and video foot- The popular Irishman is tight hockey game Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in St. Louis. The Blackhawks won 4-3.
age appears to show the with UFC 223 fighter Artem Associated Press
promotion's biggest star Lobov, who was involved
throwing a hand truck at a this week in a scuffle in a Keith scores late goal,
bus full of fighters , injuring hotel with Khabib Nurma-
at least one scheduled to gomedov. Nurmagome-
with a group of people pionship left vacant by Mc- Blackhawks beat Blues 4-3
dov fights Max Holloway
compete Saturday.
Video showed McGregor for the lightweight cham-
causing chaos Thursday as Gregor.
they took an elevator to the Lobov was yanked from By The Associated Press tiebreaking goal on a re- Matt Dumba scored a pow-
loading dock at Barclays the card and the fight sta- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Duncan bound with 3:56 to play, er-play goal and Devan
Center. He can be seen tus of Michael Chiesa was Keith scored a power-play and Anaheim clinched its Dubnyk stopped 28 shots
tossing trash cans and be- unclear after he was sent goal with 8.5 seconds left sixth consecutive playoff for the Wild, who took their
ing prevented from throw- to the hospital with injuries and the Chicago Black- berth with a victory over fifth loss in seven games
ing a barricade at a bus sustained in the attack. hawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Minnesota. during what turned out to
during his unannounced Chiesa is scheduled to fight Wednesday night to hurt Kase secured his first 20- be a meaningless contest
appearance in New York. Anthony Pettis. the Blues' playoff hopes. goal season by jumping for the playoff-bound club.
The New York Police De- UFC President Dana White Andreas Martinsen, Blake on a long rebound of Josh SENATORS 4, SABRES 2
partment said it wants to said this week in New York Hillman and Alex DeBrin- Manson's shot, and Andrew BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Matt
question McGregor. A po- that McGregor would fight cat also scored, and Jean- Cogliano added an emp- Duchene scored his team-
lice spokesman said Mc- again for UFC this year. Mc- Francois Berube made ty-net goal with 2:13 left. leading 27th goal for Otta-
Gregor threw a hand truck Gregor's actions now put 30 saves. The Blackhawks Ryan Miller made 26 saves wa, helping assure Buffalo
at a bus causing minor in- any future fights very much beat the Blues for the first in his first start since March of finishing last in the NHL
jury to an individual on the in doubt. The 29-year-old time in three meetings this 9 for the Ducks, who have standings.
bus. McGregor once held the season. won eight of 10 in their usu- Max McCormick, Ryan Dz-
McGregor hasn't fought for 145 and 155-pound cham- Vladimir Tarasenko and al late-season surge to the ingel and Alexander Bur-
UFC since November 2016 pionships at the same time Brayden Schenn each had playoffs. rows, with an empty-netter,
and was stripped this week and boldly stated he want- a goal and an assist for the Nick Ritchie also scored, also scored for the Sena-
by UFC President Dana ed an ownership stake in Blues. They have lost four and Manson had two as- tors, and Craig Anderson
White of the 155-pound UFC. But the trash-talking, straight to fall a point be- sists as the Ducks officially stopped 32 shots.
championship he had nev- egocentric has been out of hind idle Colorado for the extended the NHL's sec- Ryan O'Reilly and Kyle Ok-
er defended. White also the fight game except for second wild-card spot in ond-longest streak of con- poso scored for the Sabres.
said this week he did not his boxing dalliance with the Western Conference. secutive postseason berths. Buffalo had already ex-
expect McGregor to at- Mayweather that made Robert Bortuzzo also scored Anaheim also leapfrogged tended its franchise-worst
tend Saturday's fights. him wealthy enough to for the Blues, and Jake Al- archrival Los Angeles into playoff drought to a sev-
McGregor profanely re- never have to fight again. len made 22 saves. third place in the Pacific Di- enth season and will finish
sponded on Twitter and McGregor and his girlfriend DUCKS 3, WILD 1 vision, leading by one point last for the third time in five
wrote, "You'll strip me of welcomed their first child, a ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — with two games to play for years.q
nothing." son, in May 2017.q Ondrej Kase scored the both clubs.