{"id":274284,"date":"2018-04-09T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274284"},"modified":"2018-04-09T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:26:29","slug":"karolina-kowalkiewicz-explains-why-she-wasnt-scared-during-conor-mcgregors-infamous-bus-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/karolina-kowalkiewicz\/karolina-kowalkiewicz-explains-why-she-wasnt-scared-during-conor-mcgregors-infamous-bus-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Karolina Kowalkiewicz explains why she wasn’t scared during Conor McGregor’s infamous bus attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday afternoon, UFC lightweight star Conor McGregor<\/a> showed up at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY, and launched a ridiculous attack<\/a> on a shuttle bus carrying a number of the fighters on the UFC 223 bill. The Irishman’s bizarre rampage crescendoed with him throwing a hand truck through the back-right window of the bus, causing injuries to two UFC 223 fighters, who were ultimately forced off the card as a result.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

While many passengers on the bus were rightfully disturbed by McGregor’s assault, strawweight star Karolina Kowalkiewicz, who authored a dominant defeat of Felice Herrig on the UFC 223 undercard, was not. Why? Well, because she’s from Poland.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am from Poland,\u201d she said in a post-fight interview, when asked if she was frightened during McGregor’s rampage (via MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cSo I am OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Kowalkiewicz assured she wasn’t frightened by the Irishman’s frenzied attack, however, she certainly doesn’t condone it. In her opinion, he went too far.<\/p>\n

\u201cConor, this time, went too far,\u201d she said. \u201cHe crossed the line, because there were women in the bus like me and Rose [Namajunas].\u201d<\/p>\n

Kowalkiewicz’s nonchalant reaction to McGregor’s Thursday rampage is in stark contrast to the reactions of other passengers on the bus.\u00a0UFC VP of Athlete Development Reed Harris, for example, admitted he thought he was going “to die” in a Tweet he has since deleted. While this Tweet was deleted, he reiterated that he believed he was in real danger in a series of subsequent Tweets.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for the concern. It was the scariest thing I\u2019ve ever been through. Trapped in the bus while they are throwing hand trucks, chairs and even a bike rack through the windows<\/p>\n

— Reed Harris (@reedharrisufc) April 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n