Luke Lewis, on an end-of-season NRL trip to the USA, has been inadvertently caught up in the UFC mess between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov yesterday.
The retiring second rower who has played over 300 NRL games and been involved in two winning premiership campaigns across a glittering career, told the Triple M Grill Team this morning how he was held up by the incident.
Following their main event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nurmagomedov jumped over the cage to attack McGregor’s team, with both teams getting involved in the ensuing melee which has left a black eye on the sport.
Lewis said the incident spilt out into the crowd and he struggled to leave the arena.
“We got out alive, but I tell you what, we had to sit in our chairs for a good hour after it,” Lewis said.
“It was absolute mayhem. We were about 10 rows back from where it all happened and we couldn’t really believe what had just gone on, it was just crazy.
“It broke out in the crowd — and then on the other side of the stadium it broke out in the crowd (too). There was chairs getting thrown, it was just going crazy.
“We went downstairs to walk out and all through the back of the stadium there was fights through the hallways, into the bar area. There were glasses and bottles getting thrown.
“We went back and sat in our chairs for an extra half-hour until it cooled down. Absolutely crazy.”
While Nurmagomedov won the fight and title belt, it’s unclear whether suspensions and fines will follow for either fighter, with the incident currently being investigated by authorities.
Three members of Nurmagomedov’s team were arrested following the fight, but eventually released with McGregor and his team deciding not to push charges.
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