Conor McGregor has been banned from competition for six months and fined $50,000 (€43,750) for a post-fight brawl at UFC 229.
At a Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing, McGregor and his opponent Khabib Nurmagomedov were suspended for their respective roles in the brawl, with both bans backdated to the October 6 event.
Nurmagomedov received a nine-month ban, to run until July 6, although that could be reduced to six months if the UFC lightweight champion takes part in a local anti-bullying public service announcement.
He was also fined $500,000 (€437,500), ten times the amount of McGregor's fine, which will be paid from his purse from the fight. $1m of Nurmagomedov's $2m disclosed purse has been withheld by the commission since the event.
The remaining $500,000 will now be paid to Nurmagomedov.
McGregor would be eligible to compete from April 6. He earned a disclosed $3m payout from the fight.
The punishments were agreed between the Nevada attorney general's office and the respective parties prior to the hearing.
Commission chairman Anthony Marnell III said of Nurmagomedov's punishment: "The fine is heavy for misconduct but the misconduct was also heavy, unlike anything I've ever seen since I've been here. The time proposed might ride a little light but I still don't have a major issue with it."
Nurmagomedov's cornermen, Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov, were both banned for a year, until October 6, and fined $25,000 (€21,900) each.
