The Nevada State Athletic Commission today held their hearing over the infamous water bottle/can throwing incident that took place at the press conference ahead of UFC 202 in August.
We knew that this day had been coming for some time, but as MMAWeekly.com streamed an hour of the hearing live on their YouTube channel we were able to see exactly what went down.
After reading transcripts of the altercation, the commission judges were then shown footage of the incident from as many different angles as possible, and there was something incredibly funny about the room's silence being broken by McGregor shouting "YOU'LL DO NUTTIN'! YOU'LL DO FUCKIN' NUTTIN!"
McGregor then joined the investigation via telephone, and after being sworn in, he expressed his regret at what had happened and apologised to the commission for his actions, claiming that the circumstances were unusual as this was the biggest fight in his career.
Shortly after, the commission's recommended punishment for McGregor's actions were revealed, and amusingly one of the members suggested that the Irishman take a 'media training course'...
Commission recommends a punishment of $25,000, 25 hours community service, and media training (????) for McGregor.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Now that would be some sight. The commission then went back and forth on the fine and any community service that may also be included in the punishment, as detailed by MMAFighting.com:
Commission now using the "think of the children!" defense. Suggests upping it to a 10% fine, which would be a whopping $300k.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Now the Nevada Athletic Commission is also proposing doubling McGregor's community service hours from 25 to 50.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Anthony Marnell says he has a "really hard time with a $300,000 fine for throwing a water bottle."
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Anthony Marnell says he could see a $100k fine, but $300k seems "really extreme." Notes that McGregor and Diaz didn't strike each other.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Pat Lundvall says she is "comfortable" with somewhere from a 5% to 10% fine.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
Francisco Aguilar arguing that the community is benefitted better by McGregor's time and community service than a massive fine.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 10, 2016
But eventually they came to a conclusion, and McGregor would have hoped for more leniency.
Conor McGregor has been fined 5% of his show purse ($150,000) and given 50 hours of community service for the UFC 202 presser incident.
— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) October 10, 2016
That is a hefty fine, and quite a substantial amount of community service.
You can watch more from the hearing via MMAWeekly.com's YouTube channel below:
