The aftermath of Thursday’s Conor McGregor incident in New York likely will play out for a long time to come with a lot of moving pieces.

But today, UFC President Dana White said if McGregor is expecting any kind of a figurative bailout from him, it won’t be coming.

“Normally, yes – I would dive right in and do everything in my power to help one of my guys,” White today said told ESPN hosts Michelle Beadle and Mike Greenberg on the “Get Up” morning news show. “But not in this situation. He came into the Barclays Center, attacked our fighters, and attacked my staff with a bunch of guys – no. You don’t get my help on this one.”

McGregor turned himself in to the New York Police Department overnight and has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief. He is expected to appear in front of a judge today.

White said McGregor’s alleged attack on a fighter bus Thursday in Brooklyn, where UFC 223 will take place Saturday, was not a publicity stunt. McGregor can be seen on eyewitness videos going after a bus filled with UFC 223 fighters, team members and event staff – and throwing a hand dolly into a window. It shattered the window, showering glass into the bus – and because of that, Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg were forced out of their fights on the card. Additionally, McGregor teammate Artem Lobov allegedly was involved in the attack – since White said it all stemmed from Lobov’s incident with headliner Khabib Nurmagomedov the day before – leading him to be pulled from the show, as well.

“It’s out of character for Conor McGregor or any of my fighters,” White said. “Crazy things happen in sports … you’re dealing with human beings with personal lives and all these other things. But in the history of the UFC, this is definitely the worst thing that’s happened. This is not the Conor McGregor I know.”

White said McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) now faces an unknown future with the UFC – and that prior to Thursday’s incident, the promotion was working on a new contract for the fighter.

McGregor hasn’t fought for the promotion since he won the lightweight title at UFC 205 in November 2016. Then, he became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles at the same time. He was later stripped of his featherweight title, and on Saturday was going to have the lightweight title removed after the Nurmagomedov fight with current 145-pound champion Max Holloway. This past August, he boxed Floyd Mayweather in a mega-crossover match that made him 10s of millions of dollars.

“I honestly don’t know the answer to that question (if he’ll fight in the UFC again),” White said. “We were working on a new deal and new plan for him all this week, and then he shows up and this happens. … This has never happened before. This is a completley different situation than anything I’ve ever been in. Over the next several weeks, we’ve got to see how this thing plays out legally – legally, where this goes, and then he and I will sit down and talk.”

White said he and McGregor were in communication via text message after the incident. McGregor, White said, texted him and said, “It had to be done,” in reference to the alleged attack as a retaliation for Lobov’s run-in with Nurmagomedov.

“Conor McGregor was a guy people looked up to,” White said. “Yes, he was cocky. Yes, he was brash. But he would do things he said he would do. He would go in and perform and knock guys out he said he was going to knock out. But he never did anything like this. This is completely different. In this world, there are going to be people who are turned off by this and don’t like Conor McGregor, and there are going to be people who are probably going to like him even better.

“Absolutely, I’m let down. Not only is he the biggest star in the UFC, he’s one of the biggest stars on planet Earth in sports and entertainment. He has a son at home – he just had a baby. He has a bright future with the UFC – we were working on a new deal that was going to pay him ridiculous money. There’s still the talk of the Floyd Mayweather fight potentially happening (in the UFC), and he’s a sponsor’s dream. I have no explanation for it.”

UFC 223 will take place Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card will air on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC 223, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.