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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Vladimir Putin said there was "hell to pay" after Khabib Nurmagomedov's brawl with Conor McGregor

Vladimir Putin sympathised with Khabib Nurmagomedov after the undefeated fighter jumped out of the octagon and started a brawl following his win over Conor McGregor in 2018.

Following Nurmagomedov's victory, he jumped into the crowd in Las Vegas and began fighting with McGregor's teammate Dillon Danis, while a number of the Russian's team attacked the Dubliner inside the octagon.

Putin congratulated his fellow countryman following the UFC 229 bout, saying: “Anyone could have jumped [out of the octagon] in the same way.

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