Conor McGregor said he is unlikely to fight in Las Vegas for the foreseeable future after being hit with a $150,000 fine and community service by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
McGregor was given the punishment for his behaviour at the press conference prior to his win over Nate Diaz.
He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I don't see Nevada in my future, for the foreseeable future is how I see it.
"I'm free to do what I want. … I'm good. I'm good. New York, New York. That's what I think.
"I owned up. I man'd up. I'm here. I apologised.
"I'm not trying to blame nobody, although they fired the rounds off first. I didn't think they would even go that route [major fine] because I didn't think this was like a real thing
"I wanted to give them the respect and I felt they would have respected that but they didn't. So, whatever. It is what it is. Good luck trying to get it."
McGregor added that he did not want to see Diaz receive a similar punishment at his hearing.
"I do not wish to see Nate get any more or any less than me. I don't want to see either of us have something like this happen. But we'll see. I don't know.
"If they went that way on me I don't know what way they're going to go on him. He threw the bottle first, but I don't wish he get more than me or anything like that. I just wish we'd get it sorted out and get on with it and carry on."
McGregor takes on lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in UFC 205 in the New York in November.
