The Nevada Athletic Commission had its monthly meeting on Wednesday, and on the agenda was a follow-up to the temporary suspensions they’d handed out to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for their roles in the UFC 229 post-fight brawl. Khabib, who instigated the fracas, did have his $2 million purse withheld, while McGregor’s $3 million did not.
Actual punishment for the two men will not be decided until the commission’s December 10th meeting, but the good news for Khabib is that he’ll get some (but not all) of his purse released to him. Commission chairman Anthony Marnell recommended that $1 million be given to Nurmagomedov, while (per MMAjunkie’s John Morgan) “the other $1 million is to be transferred from UFC to NSAC for safekeeping until resolution.