Khabib Threatens to Leave UFC If Teammate Is Fired for Conor McGregor Brawl

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Khabib Nurmagomedov has said he will consider departing UFC if the organisation decides to release stablemate Zubaira Tukhugov.

Tukhugov was involved in the shocking scenes after Nurmagomedov defeated Connor McGregor in their lightweight title bout at UFC 229 last Saturday, with the champion jumping out of the Octagon to fight a member of Notorious’ team.

The Russian was blunt as he wrote on an Instagram post.

Nurmagomedov wrote:

“I would like to address UFC. Why didn’t you fire anyone when their team attacked the bus and injured a couple of people? They could have killed someone there, why no one says anything about insulting my homeland, religion, nation, family?”

“Why do you have to punish my team, when both teams fought. If you say that I started it, then I do not agree, I finished what he had started.”

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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