Eagles MMA, the Dagestani fight club founded by oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov and featured UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov as its president, is once again engulfed in scandal.
Denis Klopnev, the former manager of Summa Group and current executive of Eagles MMA, was arrested in absentia for the attempted murder of sambo fighter Shamil Kuramagomedov, a bronze medalist in the 2017 Russian Combat Sambo Championship. Klopnev has since been placed on the international wanted list.
The accusations against Klopnev come several months after a group of fighters affiliated to Eagles MMA and Summa Group attacked Kuramagomedov and beat him within an inch of his life.