Conor McGregor avoided jail time for his 2022 driving incident.
In March 2022, McGregor was arrested and had his car seized after being stopped for dangerous driving in his home country of Ireland, where the former two-division UFC champion reportedly ran a red light and sped through traffic, nearly causing a collision.
But on Wednesday, “The Notorious” managed to settle the matter with authorities, per the Irish Mirror, accepting a five-month suspended sentence on the condition that McGregor pays a €5,000 fine and keeps the peace for two years.
McGregor also received a two-year driving ban. McGregor faced several other charges stemming from the incident, including driving without insurance and driving without a license, but those charges were withdrawn after McGregor successfully produced the necessary documents.
This is far from McGregor’s first driving incident. Back in 2018, McGregor received a six-month driving ban and a $1,000 fine for speeding, after which it was revealed McGregor has numerous other motor convictions on his record as well.
Per the report, McGregor’s previous convictions were “noteworthy, to say the least,” to judge David McHugh and led him to consider “an outright prison sentence” for the Irish superstar’s “appalling series of breaches of the road traffic rules and an appalling episode of dangerous driving.” Ultimately, McGregor’s counsel convinced Judge McHugh to avail the court of other options.
McGregor most recently competed at UFC 264 back in 2021, where he shattered his leg in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier. “The Notorious” was supposed to make his long-awaited return to the cage earlier this year as the main event of UFC 303, but a toe injury forced him out of the card. Now McGregor is targeting a return before the end of the year.
