Updated April 06, 2018 16:28:49

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has surrendered, according to a police spokesman, after he was accused of attacking a bus carrying fighters leaving a media event ahead of UFC223 this weekend.

McGregor and his entourage entered the Barclays Center in Brooklyn around 1:30pm (local time) and tossed a trolley at a bus, causing a minor injury to a passenger, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department, told the New York Times in an email.

McGregor surrendered to police at the department's 78th Precinct, but had not been charged as of late Thursday as police continued their investigation, a spokesman said.

Video footage circulated on social media that showed McGregor running in a loading area and picking up a trolley.

Clips shot from inside the van showed an object hitting and cracking the vehicle's windshield before the driver reversed away.

"This is the most disgusting thing that has ever happened in the history of the company," UFC president Dana White told website MMA Junkie.

Nurmagomedov is due to face Max Holloway in a showdown for McGregor's belt, which he won in 2016 but never defended, and Mr White has said the winner of Saturday's bout would be crowned undisputed champion.

Earlier in the week, Nurmagomedov confronted Artem Lobov, McGregor's Russian friend, teammate and sparring partner, in a hotel in New York — an incident which may have provoked the Irish fighter.

Mr White subsequently told reporters at the venue that Lobov would not be allowed to fight Alex Caceres as scheduled on Saturday.

Photo: Khabib Nurmagomedov is due to face Max Holloway in a showdown for Conor McGregor's (pictured) belt. (Reuters: Steve Marcus)

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Topics: boxing, sport, law-crime-and-justice, united-states

First posted April 06, 2018 11:35:29