 Conor McGregor is said to be on the verge of striking a plea deal which means he avoids prison time and will not be permanently banned from the US for attacking a rival fighter's bus earlier this year
TMZ reports that the Irishman is in the final stages of negotiating the deal with prosecutors in New York City who are prepared to reduce his felony criminal mischief charge to a misdemeanor
 McGregor was facing up to seven years imprisonment for the charges - felony criminal mischief and three counts of misdemeanor assault
In April, the 30-year-old was filmed hurling a steel dolly at the bus of rival fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov
 It shattered the windows of the bus and bloodied some of the men on board. Nurmagomedov was at odds with McGregor's friend Artem Lobov
 McGregor flew over from Ireland to support Lobov but it also coincided with him being stripped off his lightweight belt
 He had failed to defend it, as is required by UFC, since claiming it in 2016 and instead spent all of 2017 preparing for a lucrative, circus-like showdown with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas
   On April 6, Nurmagomedov was leaving the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn with his posse when McGregor and his entourage charged at their bus
    Share this article   Share   McGregor was filmed picking up the dolly and throwing it at the bus, screaming as he did so
 He spent the night in jail then posted bond and was allowed to fly back to Ireland to await his next court date
 When he returned to the US in June, he appeared before a judge and said he regretted his actions
 McGregor is due back in court in New York City on Thursday. Last week, his long-term partner Dee Devlin announce that she was pregnant with their second child
 The pair are already parents to one-year-old Conor Junior.   Daily Star Privacy Policy  
