C. McGregor hasn't fought MMA in almost two years when he knocked out E. Alvarez at UFC 205. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @thenotoriusmma
After being released from all charges of assault and serious crime by the New York court on Thursday (26), Conor McGregor He is now ready to return to his MMA career. Many speculations have already been made about his confrontation with his arch-rival and lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Still, the Irishman doesn't seem to be worried about that. On his social networks, 'Notorious' sent a warning: “Click clack, I'm back”.
The phrase references rapper Ice Cube's song, “Click, Clack – Get Back! ”.
In the photo, McGregor appears covering his head with his shirt and pressing an imaginary trigger with his left hand for a selfie, imitating a gangster. After this post, the Irishman took a series of photos in New York, showing that he is getting his life back on track.
After almost two years away from the Ultimate Octagon, there is still no prediction for Notorious' return. His last fight was against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205. Conor knocked out his rival at 3:04 of R1 and won the lightweight belt. With this, he became the first fighter to hold two belts from two different categories at the same time in Ultimate.
The case
During the UFC 223 Media Day in New York, Conor threw objects towards the vehicle, which included a cargo cart, which broke the windows and caused cuts to the fighters. Michael chiesa and Ray Borg, as well as an Ultimate employee. As a result, the former champion received a dozen charges for the attack on a bus transporting the athletes, including serious crimes of aggression, which carried potential maximum sentences of seven years in prison.
After two hearings with the NY court, the Irish fighter accepted a deal with the North American court and pleaded guilty to vandalism. Thus, he was cleared of all charges of assault and serious crime. His criminal record in the state of New York is clean, and he is free to resume his MMA career.
The only penalties McGregor suffered: restitution to the bus company for damages caused, community service and self-control classes.
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