C. McGregor is attacked by the Russian's team. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter rafinhabastos
One of the biggest fights in MMA history between Khabib Nurmagomedov e Conor McGregor will not be remembered for the Russian's submission victory. But yes, because of the widespread fight that occurred after Herb Dean ended the fight at UFC 229.
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After the attacks, the incident had repercussions on the social networks of MMA fans and especially among other stars of the organization.
“You can't jump over the railing and punch the fighter. Impressive fights, but in the end (negative sign)…”, posted the Brazilian, Rafael dos Anjos.
Unacceptable! You can't jump the fence and punch the fighter. Awesome fights but at the end 👎🏽
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) October 7th, 2018
Khabib's teammate, the heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier he was inside the Octagon calming the Russian down. He stated that the fight for 'Eagle' was a personal matter with Conor.
“Hey guys, two wrongs don’t make it right. Conor didn't deserve this. Nobody deserved it. But some things are not good for promoting fights. Religion, family, country… Throwing things in Brooklyn. For Khabib it wasn't fight promotion, it was really personal. Different cultures, man. S***,” he said. Daniel Cormier.
Hey guys, two wrongs don't make it right. Conor didn't deserve that. No one did. But some things aren't for fight promotion. Religion, family, country. Throwing stuff in Brooklyn. For Khabib it wasn't fight promotion, it was really personal. Diff culture man. Sucks
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) October 7th, 2018
“Well, Conor started all this crap… #UFC229”, said the featherweight Cub swanson.
Well Connor started all of this crap….🤷🏽♂️ #UFC229
— Cub swanson (@CubSwanson) October 7th, 2018
The Brazilian Thiago Marreta admitted that episodes like this are intolerable within a sport like MMA. “Scenes like these are regrettable and unacceptable in our sport. No matter who does them, they should be punished #UFC229”, guaranteed Santos.
Regrettable and unacceptable scenes like these in our sport, no matter who does them, should be punished! #UFC229 #UFC229noCombate
— Thiago Marreta (@TMarretaMMA) October 7th, 2018
“Worst attitude I’ve ever seen in this sport. Khabib’s teammates jumping into the octagon and attacker Conor,” he declared Raphael Assunção.
Worst attitude I have even seen in the sport by Khabib team mates jumping into the cage and attacking Connor. #UFC229
— Raphael assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) October 7th, 2018
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