UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov shifted the blame for the ugly scenes the marred the end of the UFC 229 main event to Conor McGregor, saying the Notorious set up the brawl with his persistent personal insults and the incident with a dolly at UFC 223.
After the submission win Nurmagomedov briefly faced the press to apologise to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and explain things from his perspective. MMAFighting.com shared some of the comments (warning: strong language):
MMAFighting.comNurmagomedov: "He talk about my religion, he talk about my country, he talk about my father, he come to Brooklyn and he broke bus.