Non-threadworthy MMA Rumors/Quotes/Tweets/Etc., Vol. 6

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https://www.tsn.ca/mma/article/shevchenko-injured-vacates-silva-wang-to-vie-for-belt-at-ufc-332-n1-49839558/

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https://www.tsn.ca/mma/article/six-from-team-nurmagomedov-eight-in-all-get-prison-time-over-dvalishvili-brawl-n1-50471378/

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https://www.tsn.ca/mma/article/six-from-team-nurmagomedov-eight-in-all-get-prison-time-over-dvalishvili-brawl-n1-50471378/

I saw Ariel Helwani's episode on this. Basically from the vids Usman and Merab have had some beef from an event in Georgia then decided to take it out on him in Abu Dhabi. Wrong decision, bro(s). Arguably one of the worst places to commit a public crime. Especially assault/endangerment of others.

Shockingly, six of their crew got 6 months in jail. Each has to pay about 80k USD in fines. Two more in their group or nearby were also given the same punishment for filming the event and posting it on social media. They are very strict about any crime in their country. They don't want bad PR, so showing the altercation on social media reflects negatively on their country, so yeah none of that either. Though I do think some of those people were part of Usman's group... whatever the case - UAE is not a place you want to start a fight in public. Better idea, do it in private. Or even better, negotiate an in-the-octagon fight somehow to get paid to scrap.

Merab and his friend got a 13k USD fine and were released [though Merab got pieced up pretty bad]. The other 8 will be deported after 6 months. That's so wild. This is why you don't mess around with the UAE judicial system and maybe these Dagistanis will learn a thing or two in an Emirati prison in the desert about jumping someone like cowards in a hotel lobby, whoof.

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Thanks for the info!