Martial Arts – UFC: Five Controversial Moments Of 2018

#1 The Khabib Brawl

On the off chance that McGregor’s assault on the bus was disputable, no one could have anticipated that it would just be the forerunner to an occurrence much more out of control later in 2018.

At the point when the UFC declared that the Irishman would test Khabib Nurmagomedov for the Lightweight title he had never formally lost at October’s UFC 229, it was charged as the greatest battle in limited time history.

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For McGregor, this was just another opportunity to bond his heritage – both as the greatest attract MMA history and furthermore as a record-breaking extraordinary contender.

For Nurmagomedov, nonetheless, it was much more than that. McGregor – used to waste talking any semblance of Nate Diaz and Floyd Mayweather – plainly did not understand that his Russian rival was considering his verbal thorns unquestionably more important than some other past rival had done.

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More often than not, when a battle inside the Octagon closes, so does the competition between the two partaking contenders. Significantly unpleasant fights like Chael Sonnen versus Anderson Silva had been settled once the battle was finished.

In any case, that wasn’t the situation at UFC 229. Nurmagomedov proved to be the best – submitting McGregor in the fourth round with a neck wrench – yet he was not done there.

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Detecting McGregor’s waste talking preparing accomplice Dillon Danis at cageside, Khabib started to shout at him, and after that all of a sudden climbed up the Octagon fence, and jumped over it into the group to assault him.

Serious trouble come to the surface as UFC authorities attempted urgently to control Nurmagomedov, however while this was going on, another fight broke out inside the Octagon as McGregor assaulted Khabib’s cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov and was then attacked thus by Khabib preparing accomplice – and UFC warrior – Zubaira Tukhugov.

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Cooler heads at last won – to a great extent once Daniel Cormier entered the pen to quiet Khabib down and McGregor had headed backstage – however despite everything we’re feeling the repercussions of this crazy occasion now, as the Nevada State Athletic Commission still have not chosen a discipline for the two men – anything up to a year suspension has been mooted.

This was not only the most questionable occurrence of 2018 – it may well go down as the most dubious episode in UFC history – and its delayed repercussions will without a doubt proceed for some time yet.

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