Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov suspended for UFC 229 brawl as lightweight champion threatens to quit

The chaotic scenes that concluded UFC 229 have filled mainstream column inches.
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Tony Mogan12 October 2018

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will both be temporarily suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for their roles in UFC 229’s post-fight brawl.

Both fighters have been notified by letter they will be suspended for at least 10 days effective from October 15, commission executive Bob Bennett said on Thursday.

Those suspensions could be extended when the commission meets again October 24 pending the results of an ongoing investigation, ESPN report.

Nurmagomedov meanwhile has threatened to tear up his contract with UFC if the promotion decides to take action against teammate Zubaira Tukhugov for his role in the brawl.

Moments after the lightweight champion scaled the cage to attack McGregor’s training partner Dillion Danis in the crowd, Tukhugov entered the Octagon and appeared to strike McGregor from behind.

“If you decide to fire him, you should know that you’ll lose me too,” the Dagestan fighter wrote on Instagram. “We never give up on our brothers in Russia and I will go to the end for my brother.

“If you decide to fire him, don’t forget to send me my broken contract, otherwise I’ll break it myself.”

McGregor has already been placed under a medical suspension following his submission defeat in Las Vegas on Saturday – a safeguard routinely handed out to fighters to allow them to sufficiently recover from injuries suffered inside the Octagon which are in no way a punishment.

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