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UFC fighter Conor McGregor stands with his new Lamborghini called "The Flamethrower".
The Irish fighter Conor McGregor, a member of the UFC, has been banned from driving for six months and fined 1,000 euros (1,655 NZD) for speeding in his country.
On Thursday (New Zealand time), Judge Desmond Zaidan disqualified "The Notorious" after pleading guilty to violating the N7 100 km / h speed limit in County Kildare on October 11, 2017.
McGregor, a former featherweight and featherweight champion of the UFC, faced four traffic charges: driving in excessive speed, driving without a license, failure to produce a permit on the premises and producing it in a Garda [police] station.
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Conor McGregor after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
All of the driving license charges were withdrawn after McGregor pleaded guilty to driving at 154 km / h.
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According to a report by RTE, McGregor said: "I have to drive more cautiously" after pleading guilty.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov applies Conor McGregor to the naked starter.
Dressed in a blue suit, McGregor, 30, is excused while he appeared to be responding to a speeding charge filed in the Naas District Court in County Kildare.
McGregor was bombarded by his fans when he arrived and left the courtroom. In court, McGregor said after reading his charge, "You just have to drive more carefully, right?"
He added, "I'm sorry, I've spent to get paid."
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Conor McGregor of Ireland laughs after the first round against Russia's Khabib Nurmagomedov in his fight for the UFC championship title in October.
When asked if he would slow down in the future, he replied "yes".
In the courtroom, Judge Zaidan pointed out to Mr. McGregor that the dangers of speeding can be "catastrophic and life changing".
Judge Zaidan said, "The higher the speed, the greater the risk, the speed is higher here, the speed kills and that is what makes the speed dangerous.
McGregor had 12 prior convictions for driving.
He and the controversy are never well separated.
In October, McGregor was forced to participate in the fourth round of his fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov as a result of a bid blocked by the Russian at UFC 229.
A massive fight between the two camps erupted inside and outside the Octagon after the fight.
McGregor and Nurmagomedov were suspended in October by the Nevada Athletic Commission for a fight that broke out inside and outside the Octagon after their fight for the lightweight title in Las Vegas .
Nurmagomedov, who was congratulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on his return from Las Vegas to Moscow, reacted with an angry Instagram message, saying that he was unfairly punished.
He complained that the discipline was not following an incident in Brooklyn, New York, when McGregor broke the windows of Nurmagomedov's bus with a hand truck after Nurmagomedov confronted him. One of his teammates a few days ago.
"They could have killed someone there, why does not anyone say anything to insult my homeland, my religion, my nation, my family?" Nurmagomedov has posted.
"We have defended our honor and it is the most important thing.We intend to go to the end."
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