UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram on Thursday to express his disapproval with the dismissal of his teammate Zubaira Tukhugov for brawling with Conor McGregor at UFC 229. While many can sympathize with Nurmagomedov’s anger, this continued onslaught of UFC stars being angry at the UFC is as worrying as it is bad for consumers.
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2018-10-12
The Russian fighters can not bitch or blame anybody but themselves, the melee they caused is exactly why they are being punished, and plus they need to worry that they can get visas to come back to fight anyways. I think they will be denied visas to come back.
The UFC brass should fire Dana, he's mucking up the organization with his fool bans and punishments to some but not for others!!
This was very good ….Good words ..Very well said ..
That is 100% not an idle threat. Khabib is the real deal.
Boycott UFC 230 in protest!
…it's gonna suck anyway
I guess everyone was wrong saying "No way has Conor got into Khabib's head" lol. Khabib is way more immature than he lets on…
this guy is telling the truth
The eagle is real gangster. He sits in bus. Then smash you. Then smash your friends. Next smash ufc bull shit
Can we really blame top dogs for holding UFC hostage? I mean that's what happens when there is no system in place. Either you become a big dog who can sell PPV, and make demands to get what you want. Or you become a kiss ass who does everything to remain in the good graces of Dana, and hope that he gives you what you want.
Look at what's happening with Stipe right now. Don't you think he wants to make threats right now after seeing "Cormier vs Lewis" title bout staged for next month? I mean it's just ridiculous.
It's just my uninformed, and stupid opinion. But I think Dana, & UFC are focusing so much on money fights, that they are willing to risk aggravating/losing long term UFC fans, over short term profit margins. I think they've figured that if they can increase the PPV by 50-100k, at the risk of pissing off a couple hundreds, or even thousands of hardcore fans. Then it's not much of a difficult choice to make.
I mean it makes a lot of sense in the short run. Especially if you're trying to capitalise on once in a lifetime MMA superstar like Conor McGregor. But trying to make every main event Big money fight, instead of the right fight might eventually comeback to bite you. But then again, Dana & co. built this sports from the ground. And they aren't idiots like me. They are really really smart folks, just in general. So, what do I know.
Conor McGregor hires "excellent legal representation" and skates for multiple big crimes, and you're not mad about that? Other people are mad, and they should be. Conor McGregor's victims would have done serious jail time for his crimes, because they aren't rich. It's unjust.