{"id":305382,"date":"2019-03-12T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T01:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305382"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T01:15:48","slug":"alleged-victim-claims-conor-mcgregor-went-in-for-handshake-before-smashing-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alleged-victim-claims-conor-mcgregor-went-in-for-handshake-before-smashing-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged victim claims Conor McGregor went in for handshake before smashing phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC Star Conor McGregor was attested in Miami after allegedly stealing then smashing Ahmed Abdirzak\u2019s cell phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former two-division UFC champion, McGregor, was arrested for strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred Monday morning at Fountainebleau in Miami. Abdirzak, a London resident,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/03\/12\/conor-mcgregor-tricked-alleged-phone-handshake-robbery-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\">told TMZ\u00a0that\u00a0<\/a>McGregor pulled a fast one on him and took his phone after he\u2019d pulled up for a photo with the Irish star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe came to shake my hand, and as soon as he came to shake my hand, he pulled me in and grabbed my phone and started smashing it,\u201d Abdirzak said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/03\/conor-mcgregor-robbery-victim-describes-cell-phone-incident-handshake\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cAll these security guards literally surrounded me and pushed me out of the way. And he\u2019s stomping on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was a lot rude. He was like, \u2018Get the (expletive) out of my face. Move.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Yo, sir can I have my phone back?\u2019 And (security guards said), \u2018Move, man. Conor said what Conor said.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conor McGregor posted $12,500 bail and then <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-issues-statement-after-arrest-in-miami\/\">released a statement<\/a> pledging cooperation through his attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brash Irishman has been on the sidelines serving a suspension for his participation in the post-fight brawl at UFC 229.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGregor\u2019s next battle could now come against Abdirzak in the court room. The alleged victim claims he has lost priceless photos of his son as a result of Conor\u2019s actions, this in addition to a functioning cell phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got pictures of my son I\u2019ll probably never get again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you think things will play out for Conor McGregor following his recent arrest in Miami? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Star Conor McGregor was attested in Miami after allegedly stealing then smashing Ahmed Abdirzak\u2019s cell phone. The former two-division UFC champion, McGregor, was arrested for strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief. The incident occurred Monday morning at Fountainebleau in Miami. Abdirzak, a London resident,\u00a0told TMZ\u00a0that\u00a0McGregor pulled a fast one on him and took his phone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":305317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alleged victim claims Conor McGregor went in for handshake before smashing phone | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor was attested in Miami after allegedly stealing then smashing Ahmed Abdirzak\u2019s cell phone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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