UFC 229 remains infamous for what happened in the crowd after the main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor was officially waved off. After beating his nemesis with a neck crank ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov soared out of the cage and into the crowd targeting members of McGregor’s team.
As chaos erupted outside the cage a melee between McGregor and members of Nurmagomedov’s team broke out inside the cage. After these flare ups died down there were other clashes across Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena involving fans of both fighters.
Another incident, which was far less dramatic, occurred in the crowd that night and it involved a future NBA Hall of Famer.