It appears seating UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Nate Diaz anywhere near each other during an event is a bad idea.
On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nurmagomedov and Diaz had to be separated after a verbal altercation could have easily turned physical if not for quick action from the security staff inside the T-Mobile Arena.
“They got into a fight, Khabib and Diaz, talking s—t to each other back and forth,” UFC president Dana White revealed at the UFC 239 post fight press conference. “Everybody broke it up, we moved Diaz and then Diaz left after the [Gilbert] Melendez fight.