While extreme, UFC President Dana White just went on TMZ Sports and confirmed that The Nevada Athletic Commission is considering keeping all of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s $2 Million Dollar fight purse from last weekend’s UFC 229 event.
That would make it the biggest fine in UFC history.
Here’s Dana’s remarks:
“They took his whole purse right now and they’re talking about keeping his purse ($2 Million Dollars) – I do not think that that should happen. You should not be able to keep his whole purse.”
“I think they should take ($250,000) from him. (He) absolutely keeps his title. And he’s going to get suspended, so maybe you give him a four to six months suspension.”
“It’s different circumstances, you guys – this wasn’t at an event. This was in the bowels of the Barclays Center, it was a completely different situation. (McGregor) was dealing with the state of New York and the police. In this thing, (Nurmagomedov) was part of something that was regulated by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
“He was at an event with more people that have ever been at an event for a UFC event in Vegas. There were tons os fans there. It’s a much different situation.”
“He shouldn’t have done it. He’s the world champion. He’d just beat Conor in front of the entire world. Stand up, get that belt wrapped around you. You won. You won. The guy who’s yelling at you means nothing, that guy means nothing.”
Here’s Dana’s full interview:
