Brawls overshadow Khabib’s UFC title win over McGregor

LAS VEGAS, October 7

For once the violence in the octagon looked secondary as a mass brawl ensued after Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov retained his UFC lightweight title with a submission win over Conor McGregor on Saturday. Nurmagomedov jumped out of the cage before leaping feet first at McGregor’s teammate and cornerman Dillon Danis, and three of the Russian’s team were arrested and later released on a black night for a sport that has struggled to win mainstream acceptance for 25 years. “I saw one of Conor’s guys yelling at Khabib. Khabib ran and jumped over the octagon, went after him. Two of Khabib’s guys got into the octagon, one guy hit Conor with some shots from behind, and that’s it,” UFC boss Dana White said.

“There were three guys from Khabib’s team arrested, and they were released because Conor didn’t want to press charges.” — Reuters