Conor McGregor sends Heat mascot to ER during NBA Finals Game 4: Source

MIAMI — As if losing Game 4 of the NBA Finals to the Denver Nuggets wasn’t tough enough on the Miami Heat, it turns out the man who plays their beloved mascot, Burnie, was taken to the emergency room of a nearby hospital for treatment after being leveled by former UFC champion Conor McGregor on Friday night. According to a league source briefed on the matter, the man was given pain medication by the doctor and has since been sent home and is doing well.

During a mid-game bit in which McGregor was promoting his pain relief spray, he coldcocked Burnie with a hard left hook and sent him sprawling to the floor before landing another punch on the ground while spraying his product on him as he was dragged away.

The skit was clearly by design, as Burnie had confronted McGregor while wearing gold boxing gloves, but the excessive power behind the MMA fighter’s punch did enough damage that medical treatment was deemed necessary.

McGregor stayed for the entirety of the Nuggets’ 108-95 win, as he was seen leaving the Kaseya Center with his entourage not long after Denver took the 3-1 series lead. The 34-year-old Irishman hasn’t fought since a July 2021 loss to Dustin Poirier in which he broke his leg, but he is reportedly scheduled to take on Michael Chandler in late 2023.

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