Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov on the verge of being suspended for the UFC 229 scrum

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will be suspended by the Nevada Sports Commission who will investigate the fray that took place at the end of UFC 229, last Saturday in Las Vegas. While the agency retained the $ 2 million purse earned by Nurmagomedov, who kept his lightweight belt, McGregor was allowed to keep his $ 3 million purse. Nurmagomedov repeatedly stated that he and his team were treated unfairly.

According to numerous reports released on Thursday, NAC executive director Bob Bennett said he sent letters to McGregor and Nurmagomedov informing them of their suspensions, which should begin on October 15 and last at least 10 days. The commission is scheduled to hold a meeting on October 24, during which it may extend one or more of the suspensions while allowing the combatants the opportunity to appeal the decision.

Earlier Thursday, Nurmagomedov promised in an Instagram post that UFC "[will] lose me too "if the organization cuts ties with Zubaira Tukhugov, a Russian colleague and MMA fighter who climbed into the octagon and attacked McGregor during the chaos in the T-Mobile arena . Nurmagomedov added that UFC president, Dana White, "can keep my money you hold back.You're rather busy with that, hope it will not get stuck in your throat."

Almost immediately after forcing McGregor to participate in the fourth round, Nurmagomedov threw his spokesman towards the Irishman's corner and jumped out of the cage to attack a member of McGregor's team, Dillon Danis, who allegedly launched a series of insults during the fight. Tukhugov's actions took place after McGregor had also climbed to the top of the cage and appeared to have punched a member of Nurmagomedov's team.

McGregor chief Audie Attar said (via the AP) that the NAC's investigation will clearly indicate "who is responsible and who is responsible," and adds, "We are focused on the future".

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For Nurmagomedov, what has happened before, just after and since the fight is a matter of honor.

"We never leave our brothers in Russia and I will go to the end for my brother," he wrote in the long Instagram post. "We have defended our honor and it is the most important thing. We intend to go to the end.

Tukhugov was one of three members of Nurmagomedov's entourage who were arrested following the post-fight scramble that marked a highly publicized event. They were reportedly released after McGregor refused to file a complaint, but the company's dismissal of Tukhugov seemed to have been made in advance, and UFC had already canceled its next fight, which was to be a duel with its partner. Training, Artem Lobov.

This pairing was not a coincidence, as Lobov played a major role in the Nurmagomedov-McGregor feud that broke out on Saturday. Lobov's critical remarks about the Russian provoked a confrontation between them in April, just before UFC 223, which forced a raging McGregor to defeat the day of the event, throwing a metal cart through the window of a bus carrying Nurmagomedov and other fighters and staff members at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

McGregor eventually pleaded guilty to one disorderly conduct under an agreement with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, in which he was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment or a criminal record. He was also ordered to pay a full restitution to the bus company. UFC fighter Michael Chiesa, whose injuries caused his withdrawal from the Brooklyn map, filed a lawsuit against McGregor earlier this month, alleging that McGregor's actions caused him physical injury, emotional and financial.

"Why did not you fire anyone when their team attacked the bus and injured two people?" Asked Nurmagomedov at the UFC in his post on Thursday. "They could have killed someone there, why does not anyone say anything to insult my homeland, my religion, my nation, my family?" Why do you have to punish my team as both teams fought? If you say that I started, then I do not agree, I finished what he had started.

He went on to say if the punishment is necessary, it should be applied to him, but not to Tukhugov.

"If you think I'm going to shut up, then you're wrong," he wrote. "You canceled Zubaira's fight and you want to dismiss him just because he hit Conor." But do not forget that it's Conor who hit my first brother FIRST, just watch the video.

"If you decide to fire him, know that you will lose me too, we never leave our brothers in Russia and I will go to the end for my brother if you still decide to send him back. , forget to send my contract broken, otherwise I will break it myself.

"And one more thing, you can keep my money you hold," he wrote. "You're pretty busy with that, I hope it does not get stuck in your throat. We have defended our honor and this is the most important thing. We intend to go to the end.

The bloody situation between the two camps intensified as UFC 229 approached, even though it was used to help sell the fight. McGregor's verbal blows included the epithet "rat daghestan", while he described Nurmagomedov's father as "cowardly quivering" in a message posted on social media. In addition, McGregor mocked whiskey at Nurmagomedov and called his Egyptian-born director, Ali Abdelaziz, a "terrorist".

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"He talks about my religion. He speaks of my country. He spoke about my father, "Nurmagomedov said about McGregor after the fight, adding," It's a respectful sport, it's not a trash-talk sport. … You can not talk about religion, you can not talk about a nation, you can not talk about this stuff. For me, it is very important.

Nurmagomedov apologized for the chaos, but repeatedly asked why the focus was on his actions rather than on McGregor's words before the event.

Regarding the scrum, Dillon Danis, who was training with McGregor and was working in his corner during the fight, denied reports that he used an anti-Muslim insult that incited fighting.

"Khabib fans are trying to get me dirty in order to justify their actions," Danis said in a statement released by ESPN. "I never and never would denigrate anyone's religion. I look forward to the results of the investigation of the Nevada Gaming Commission, which will reject this decision. [expletive] claim and put the blame where it belongs. "

In one way or another, Russian President Vladimir Putin has also taken part in all this. Putin said Wednesday at a meeting with Nurmagomedov that post-fight actions were understandable.

"Everyone could have jumped [from the cage] in the same way, "said Putin (via RT)." If we are attacked from outside, not just from you, we could all jump in this way … there could be a hell to pay. "

"But, he added, it's better not to reach this stage."

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