JAKARTA - UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev made another mistake. This time he was caught on camera attacking Khabib Nurmagomedov's cousin, Abubakar Nurmagomedov, while watching UFC 280.
The incident occurred when Khabib presented a lightweight belt to Islam Makhachev following his victory over Charles Oliveira.
At that time, Abubakar seemed to be talking to Chimaev. The two of them had each other's hands.
However, the atmosphere then heated up when Abubakar whispered something to Chimaev's ears. Tensions began to be felt when one of the people tried to separate them.
However, nothing can prevent Chimaev from attacking. The 28-year-old landed a punch on Abubakar who then responded.
The two of them were then separated by the security forces.
Khamzat Chimaev and Abubakar Nurmagomedov went from 0-100 wtf pic.twitter.com/Qmbt5zx4xs
— Out Of Context MMA (@oocmma) October 22, 2022
It is not clear what Abubakar said to provoke Chimaev. However, UFC Chairman Dana White seemed relaxed in responding to this dispute.
"It's a rough business, abusive things are said and sometimes the fighters get into it. Our job here in the UFC is to make sure things don't happen. We try to stop them, but these things keep happening," Dana White said, as quoted by The Sun.
"We have 800 male and female fighters under the contract and sometimes they see each other on events and things like this happen. It doesn't bother me or hurt my feelings too."
"We can handle this," he concluded.
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