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Russian fighter’s coach sports neo-Nazi symbol during UFC broadcast

The UFC’s ‘Fight Island’ venture — a four-event showcase set in pseudo-isolation on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi — has been marred with yet another controversy.

During a UFC 251 preliminary bout between Roman Bogatov and Leonardo Santos — a fight that saw the Russian fighter get deducted two points for multiple low blows and an illegal knee — Bogatov’s coach, Aleksey Kiser, appeared on the ESPN/ESPN+ broadcast sporting an Nazi symbol on his right elbow.

The symbol is known as the Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) — aka the sonnerad — and is synonymous with far-right groups that traffic in neo-Nazi ideologies.