Earlier this month, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov traveled to Chechnya during the holy month of Ramadan to attend a meal at the invitation of Chechen autocrat Ramzan Kadyrov. Nurmagomedov was accompanied by fellow MMA fighter Shamil Zavurov and posted a video recounting the night on his Instagram feed.
It was not the first time Nurmagomedov has served as a guest of Kadyrov, the controversial leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya whose administration has been condemned by the United Nations, among other bodies, for the reported kidnapping, torturing, and murder of gay men in the region.