Having trained together at American Kickboxing Academy, Daniel Cormier is accustomed to seeing Khabib Nurmagomedov show off his martial arts prowess. However, he’s even more impressed by how Nurmagomedov has conducted himself in the wake of the UFC 229 brawl.
Back on Oct. 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, following his submission win over Conor McGregor, Nurmagomedov sparked a melee by exiting the cage to confront McGregor’s cornerman Dillon Danis. In addition to the physicality between Nurmagomedov and Danis, Nurmagomedov’s teammates Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov exchanged punches with McGregor on top of and inside the cage.