{"id":437652,"date":"2023-06-10T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T23:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=437652"},"modified":"2023-06-10T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T23:33:39","slug":"mcgregor-sends-miami-mascot-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mcgregor-sends-miami-mascot-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"McGregor sends Miami mascot to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor punched Miami Heat mascot &#8220;Burnie&#8221; on the court during a pause in the match between the Miami Heat and <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conor McGregor KO&#8217;d the Heat mascot ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NBAFinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRAKzuMKp2\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IRAKzuMKp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1667357016463900672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The whole segment was planned, but the man behind the mask of the mascot ended up in the emergency room as he received treatment and was sent to rest at home.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous UFC fighter competed for the last time in 2021, facing Dustin Poirier, and the Irish lost after breaking his leg.<\/p>\n<p>Miami is very close to losing the NBA Finals as the Nuggets lead 3-1, and they can close the series back home in Denver in Game 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The man who plays Heat mascot &#8220;Burnie&#8221; was sent to the emergency room after being punched by UFC star Conor McGregor in an on-court bit, reports said.<\/p>\n<p>The man, according to The Athletic, received pain medication, was sent home and is doing well.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uXpmVEN5i\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/4uXpmVEN5i<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r5jlsMZdLm\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/r5jlsMZdLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1667651677153816577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor punched Miami Heat mascot &#8220;Burnie&#8221; on the court during a pause in the match between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":437653,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[19415,17010,17837],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[19416,17912,1067],"acf":{"announce":"The mascot went to the ER.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/437652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/437652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437652"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=437652"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=437652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}