Conor McGregor charges dropped over cell phone smashing incident

Conor McGregor Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Per the Associated Press, prosecutors have dropped all charges against McGregor in regards to a March 11 incident outside of a Miami hotel in which the former two-division UFC champion allegedly slapped the phone out of a man’s hand, stomped on it, and stole it. The alleged victim, Ahmed Abdirzak, is no longer cooperating with authorities and has recanted his story.

Abdirzak and McGregor had previously reached an out-of-court settlement in their civil lawsuit, according to the Miami Herald. McGregor was originally charged with strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief following an arrest in Miami Beach on the evening of March 11, but those charges…