UFC welterweight Mounir Lazzez caused controversy by praising alleged gang leader Daniel Kinahan just days after the US government placed a $5million bounty on his head.
Lazzez out-pointed Ange Loosa in Las Vegas on Saturday night before taking to the microphone to say: "I would love to thank my coaches and my brother Daniel Kinahan. Without him I would never be the man who I am today and my career at this point. Thanks a lot."
Kinahan was among seven men named last week as allegedly being part of a crime gang. A major unprecedented joint action by American, Irish and British authorities has targeted the international cartel as part of its efforts to dismantle it.
