Both Fighters Disciplined For Ugly Brawls
The aftermath of a pair of post-fight melees will cost both Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have both temporally been suspended for 10 days following the UFC 229 post-fight brawls, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Thursday.
Executive director of the Nevada State Athletic commission Bob Bennett told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that a final decision will be made on October 24th at a hearing in Las Vegas as the investigation is still on-going.
A vote on whether or not one or the other will be indefinitely suspended will be made at the hearing.
Following his UFC 229 victory over Conor McGregor last Saturday, Khabib Nurmagomedov would turn his attention to one of Conor McGregor’s coaches, Dillion Danis.
Nurmagomedov and Danis would exchange words before Nurmagomedov jumped over the top of the octagon to attack Danis.
Inside the octagon a second brawl would occur as Conor McGregor would try to jump over the cage before attacking one of Nurmagomedov’s coaches.
He would be attacked by Esedulla Emiragaev from behind with Zubaira Tukhugov — a active UFC fighter who was scheduled to face McGregor’s close friend Artem Lobov on October 27th in Moncton — in the octagon to confront McGregor.
The suspension comes on the heels of Nurmagomedov threatening to leave the UFC on Thursday if the UFC decided to release Tukhugov as the UFC removed his fellow teammate’s upcoming fight from the October 27th card.
The UFC has not commented on the NSAC’s decision to suspend both McGregor and Nurmagomedov.
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