Makhachkala, January 30, 2019. Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has been disqualified for 9 months for a scuffle with Irishman Conor McGregor at the tournament of the United Fighting Championship (UFC) held on October 6, 2018 in the United States. Besides, Nurmagomedov was fined $ 500,000, according to R-Sport.

“The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) disqualified Nurmagomedov for nine months for a brawl after a fight with McGregor in a tournament. He has to pay a fine of 500 thousand dollars” R-Sport reports.

Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor in the UFC 229 tournament in Las Vegas. The fight ended in a squabble between the teams. The fighter from Dagestan jumped out of octagon into the crowd, which provoked a mass brawl. It is known that Vladimir Putin phoned Nurmagomedov after the fight and congratulated him on his victory. The President of the Russian Federation agreed that the athlete from Dagestan was deliberately got rattled" in order to gain some advantage during the fight." “If we are attacked from the outside, then not only you, we can all jump in such a way that it won't be a picnic” Vladimir Putin said.