The brawl that took place after the UFC 229 main event fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will likely overshadowed anything that happened in the octagon Saturday.
FWIW … lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov d. Conor McGregor via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of the fourth round. #UFC229 #AndStill
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
IT’S OVER!! KHABIB TAPS MCGREGOR!!
WOW!!! #UFC229
— UFC (@ufc) October 7, 2018
All hell has broken loose at the McGregor vs KHabib fight….Notorious tapped out and KHabib rushes after McGregor’s corner…Wow! @ufc #UFC229 @espn @FOXSports #mcgregorvskhabib pic.twitter.com/7qqBrDcScH
— J.G. (@St_Longhorn) October 7, 2018
Reaction:
All hell has broken loose at T-Mobile Arena. People jumping barricades to get into the melee. Cops cuffing people on top of my laptop on media row. #UFC229
— Brian Campbell (@BCampbellCBS) October 7, 2018
This UFC fight has gone wild….
— G (@tacoboutpics) October 7, 2018
There’s chaos. Brawls. This is horrible.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 7, 2018
Umm… yeah… #ufc229 basically had the best fight AFTER the main event!!! WOW… ABSOLUTE CHAOS!
— Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) October 7, 2018
UFC President Dana White says Conor McGregor refused to press charges against his attackers after being ambushed in the octagon: pic.twitter.com/jIsXg3D4Me
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) October 7, 2018
Top that UFC 230
— John Baker (@manbearwolf) October 7, 2018
Watching the @TheNotoriousMMA vs @TeamKhabib fight. Unimaginable never thought it would go down like this. Crazier than my fight riot.
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) October 7, 2018
That dude in the red shirt took an unforgivable cheap shot at McGregor. https://t.co/wxS0QALzaC
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) October 7, 2018
Wow….. McGregor went down :/
— Marcin Gortat
(@MGortat) October 7, 2018
I know Khabib has a lot of pride. I know he didn’t like all of Conor’s digs. He wanted to get revenge.
But that’s what the fight is. That’s your chance. Everything after that is gratuitous.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) October 7, 2018
That’s what I paid to see UFC
— Bobby Brown (@BBROWNLAU) October 7, 2018
CONOR JUST GOT JUMPED! Tf is this?! #UFC #UFC229 #ConorKhabib pic.twitter.com/rGY20b9rby
— ROB TRAMONTE
GUNSMITH CLOTHING CO.
(@RobTramonte) October 7, 2018
Dana White saw one of Conor’s guys yelling at Khabib, who went after him. Two of Khabib’s guys got into Octagon, hit Conor with two shots from bheind. NSAC pulled the footage from UFC, there’s an investigation gong on. They are withholding Khabib’s purse, not Conor’s #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says Conor was one of the guys attacked but refused to press charges. Three guys from Khabib’s team (he thinks) were arrested and released b/c Conor chose not to press charges. #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says Khabib scaled the fence “like a Parkour guy.” But police did a great job containing it. He was at Tyson-Holyfield, and that was crazy. #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says no regret with guys saying mean things to each other. “It’s the fight game. It’s how it works.” 18 years people saying mean things to each other, nothing ever happened. #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says there will be fines. Wonders whether Khabib will get a visa to come back to the country. “18 years, biggest night ever, I couldn’t be more disappointed.” #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says Conor cares that he lost the fight, not about the postfight fight #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says Khabib wanted him to put the belt on him in the Octagon, but White refused out of fear of fans’ reactions. White credits Cormier and Rockhold for helping calm Khabib down and get him out of there. #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018
Dana White says it’s not 100% certain Khabib won’t be stripped of the title. NSAC will probably go after him hard. The governor of Nevada was here tonight and ran out of the building. “That’s not good.” #UFC229
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) October 7, 2018