The UFC will not sue former lightweight champion Conor McGregor for attacking a bus with several of the promotion’s fighters on board before UFC 223 on Saturday.
McGregor has been charged with numerous misdemeanours, including 13 counts of menacing, four counts of assault (recklessly cause physical injury to another person), one count of attempted assault with intent to cause physical injury, and one count of reckless endangerment for his part in the bus attack.
UFC President Dana White was asked at the UFC 223 post-fight press conference if there had been any update on the situation with McGregor and if anything had changed legally with how the company were going to approach the charges laid against their former champion.
“We talked yesterday. It’s good. I think there’s a mutual respect between us,” said White.
“I had so many things thrown at me this week, to focus on this show was insane. We’ll get back and we’ll focus on Conor McGregor.”
White was then asked if he had any plan to pursue an action against the Dubliner to which he replied “no”.
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White was also asked if he had any plans for McGregor to fight again and the UFC chief replied:
“We had talked about him fighting in September.”
When asked if that was still a possibility, White continued:
“I don’t know. You can’t ask me anything about Conor. I don’t know. I don’t know anything about Conor. I haven’t thought about Conor. I haven’t thought about it. There’s nothing to think about this week except for this event.”
White previously said that McGregor’s attack was ‘the most disgusting thing that has ever happened in the history of the company’ and that he ‘can imagine he’s going to be sued beyond belief’.
The UFC cut Paul Daley from their roster in 2010 for clubbing Josh Koscheck from behind at UFC 113 and they also cut Jason High from the promotion after he pushed referee Kevin Mulhall following his TKO loss to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 42.
