Conor McGregor is understood for packing a punch. Sadly for Burnie, the Miami Warmth’s mascot, the UFC star nonetheless has fairly a wallop. Burnie and McGregor staged a battle throughout a break within the motion of Sport 4 of the NBA Finals, however McGregor went a bit too far and despatched the person contained in the costume to the emergency room, per a number of stories.
The mascot actor was given ache medicine and despatched dwelling the place he’s recovering, based on The Athletic. The battle, which was clearly meant to be a playful promotion given Burnie’s boxing apparel when “confronting” McGregor, rapidly went viral on social media after the mascot was leveled by the legendary fighter.
Burnie initially approached McGregor, who threw a punch together with his left hand that dropped Miami’s mascot. McGregor then threw one other punch with Burnie on the bottom.
Including insult to (literal) harm, the Warmth have been unable to even up the collection at two video games apiece, falling to the Denver Nuggets, 108-95.
Denver leads the collection 3-1 and can look to shut it out at dwelling in Monday’s Sport 5. Burnie is in his thirty second season as Miami’s mascot, courting again to the staff’s origination in 1991.
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