Khabib Nurmagomedov threatens to withdraw from the UFC if his promotion fires his teammate Zubaira Tukhugov

The lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, publicly threatened to withdraw from the UFC if his teammate, Zubaira Tukhugov, had been sidelined from the promotion, after they played a key role in the scrum of UFC 229 after Nurmagomedov's victory over Conor McGregor.

In a long Instagram post on Thursday morning, Nurmagomedov (27-0) revealed that Tukhugov's featherweight fight on Oct. 27 at UFC Fight Night in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, had been canceled. Lobov, a McGregor teammate, was fighter Nurmagomedov slapped in the lobby of a hotel two days before McGregor took the plane to claim his punishment during an attack on a bus carrying fighters. of the UFC.

Nurmagomedov 's stance is a direct reaction to the fact that UFC President Dana White said at last Saturday' s post – fight press conference that every fighter entered the country. Octagon to attack McGregor will never fight again in the UFC.

"Why did not you fire somebody when [McGregor’s] The team attacked the bus and injured two people? ", writes Nurmagomedov. They could have killed someone, why nobody says anything to insult my homeland, my religion, my nation, my family?

"Why do you have to punish my team when both teams have fought?" "If you say I started, then I do not agree, I've finished what it is." In any case, punish me, @zubairatukhugov has nothing to do with If you think I'm going to be silent then you're wrong You've 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 other brother FIRST, just watch the video. "

Nurmagomedov was referring to footage of the brawl showing McGregor hitting a Nurmagomedov corner member from a punch before the Irish star was attacked from behind by another member of the team rival who went over the cage behind him.

The Dagestan national in Russia has currently withheld his $ 2 million leaked purse from the Nevada Sports Commission pending an investigation and has asked UFC to keep the money if it punishes Tukhugov.

"If you decide to fire him, know that you will lose me too," Nurmagomedov said. "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, do not forget to send me my contract broken, otherwise I will break it myself.

"And one more thing, you can keep my money that you hold back.You're rather busy with that, I hope that it will not get stuck in your throat.We have defended our honor and it's all about it. is the most important thing.We intend to go until the end "

White told reporters this week that Nurmagomedov will not be deprived of his 155-pound title while the UFC is waiting for the fighter's likely suspension by the Nevada commission. The promotion is in a precarious situation right now after choosing not to sanction McGregor for his role in the premeditated April attack and reward him for the biggest fight bag in history. of the company after his return from two years of dismissal.