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Fighter who attacked Conor McGregor at UFC 229 brags about it on social media

One of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teammates and cornermen took to social media following UFC 229 to brag about attacking Conor McGregor during the post-fight brawl.

UFC featherweight Zubaira Tukhugov took to Instagram in the aftermath of the brawl and confirmed that he “slapped” McGregor in the cage during the melee.

“I slapped him as promised,” said Tukhugov. “I promised to make him answer for his words and I did.”

Tukhugov followed up by denying that McGregor was able to punch him, which some have argued was the case in video footage of the brawl: “Tell everyone who thinks I was hit, where?