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UFC 229 ended in absolute chaos after Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor to retain his lightweight championship. After choking out McGregor, Khabib jumped out of the cage and attacked McGregor teammate Dillon Danis.
Memers of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team, meanwhile, lept into the cage and jumped McGregor.
The wild scene took a long time to contain.
It was a scene reminiscent of an in-cage brawl at Strikeforce: Nashville in April 2010 which involved the Diaz brothers. You can check out the video of the mayhem below.
https://twitter.com/GIFsZP/status/1048800887047704576
When Nurmagomedov left the cage, he immediately jumped and attempted to kick Dillon Danis.
https://twitter.com/bustedcoverage/status/1048806048717570049
Nurmagomedov’s teammates, meanwhile, went after McGregor.
https://twitter.com/DominickCruz/status/1048813464771125248
https://twitter.com/bustedcoverage/status/1048804708092186624
Here is another angle:
https://twitter.com/jenniferhollje/status/1048806864299970560
Because of his actions, Nurmagomedov is expected to face a hefty fine and could find himself with a suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for sparking the brawl and putting a number of people in the audience in danger. UFC president Dana White has yet to comment on the incident.
The full results for UFC 229 can be seen below.
- Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Conor McGregor via submission (rear-naked choke) Round 4, 3:03 – for the lightweight championship
- Tony Ferguson def. Anthony Pettis via TKO (corner stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
- Dominick Reyes def. Ovince Saint Preux via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Derrick Lewis def. Alexander Volkov via knockout (punches) – Round 3, 4:49
- Michelle Waterson def. Felice Herrig via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 30-27)
- Jussier Formiga def. Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)
- Vicente Luque def. Jalin Turner via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:52
- Aspen Ladd def. Tonya Evinger via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:26
- Scott Holtzman def. Alan Patrick via knockout (elbows) – Round 3, 3:42
- Yana Kunitskaya def. Lina Lansberg via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Nik Lentz def. Gray Maynard via TKO (kick, punches) – Round 2, 1:19
- Tony Martin def. Ryan LaFlare via TKO (kick, punches) – Round 3, 1:00