The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hosted the highly anticipated fight card for UFC 229 on Saturday, Oct. 6. However, the night’s main event ultimately ended in a massive melee. Now UFC fighters have come forward with their thoughts over what happened.
Headlining UFC 229, Conor McGregor faced off against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Dagestan native ultimately earned a fourth round submission victory over the former two-division champion.
Directly after the fight, a brawl broke out between the fight camps of “Notorious” and Nurmagomedov. Check out what many UFC fighters had to say about the fracas within the social media posts provided below.
Hey guys, two wrongs don’t make it right. Conor didn’t deserve that. No one did. But some things aren’t for fight promotion. Religion, family, country. Throwing stuff in Brooklyn. For Khabib it wasn’t fight promotion, it was really personal. Diff culture man. Sucks
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) October 7, 2018
Pussy Irish guy attacked a bus with innocent women on it, him and his pussy Dillon daniscorner deserve it all… justice baby!!!
— Al Iaquinta? (@ALIAQUINTA) October 7, 2018
It’s true people love the drama.
But CM didn’t deserve to be sucker punched after the fight, that’s unbelievably shitty thing to do https://t.co/r7PXAdkHrA— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) October 7, 2018
All in brawl whatever.. but don’t be climbing fences sneaking up from behind like a dog. That’s just coward shit.
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) October 7, 2018
Terrible way to end the event no doubt. Crazy how not too long ago Conor jumped on top of the fence and swung at a referee and now someone that isn’t involved in the fight jumps in and swings on him.
— Ulysses Gomez (@uselessgomez) October 7, 2018
People get mad at @TeamKhabib but forget what Conor has done a few months ago, it’s all fun and games when it’s for hype and attention but sometimes you play with the wrong people!! If you don’t want none don’t start none
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) October 7, 2018
If Connor was the one to win and do all the extra stuff Dana would have put that belt around his waist and smiled.
— Will Brooks (@ILLxWillBrooks) October 7, 2018
I don’t condone what happened, but you talk that much trash and attack a nation and get that personal you can’t be surprised. Fun fight, but sucks it ended that way I just hope no one gets hurt in the aftermath.
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) October 7, 2018
I agree Connor started this from the beginning but Khabib proved his point in the octagon with a dominant performance!! No need to carry it to this extent and stoop to the same level as Connor.
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) October 7, 2018
Conor didn't lose his Visa for the bus incident so why would Khabib? Let's be real here. UFC can get anyone a Visa they want to
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) October 7, 2018
Just to be clear I don’t condone what happen to McGregor (being attack after the fight) and I don’t agree with Khabib going after Danis. Still Danis needs to stop acting like a fool and McGregor needs keep family out of it. https://t.co/1hUCoaz9cE
— Firas Zahabi (@Firas_Zahabi) October 7, 2018
Do y’all remember Mac and 30 of his friends raided backstage and threw a dolly at Khabib iNJURING several other FIGHTERS and STAFF. Also throwing mud on Khabibs family , team and country for several months and you think it’ll all be cool?…Now they making Mac the victim here?
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) October 7, 2018
Khabib had the chance to be the bigger man. He didn’t.
Connor should have gotten a harder penalty for the trolley and Khabib should get punished hard because of this. Please don’t ruin our sport… it’s important to us #ufc229— Emil Valhalla Meek (@emilvalhalla) October 7, 2018
One thing I will say and give credit to Connor. He got jumped and cracked pretty clean, and he walked out of there like a fucking man. Honestly looked like he didn’t give a fuck. ?????? all you Twitter bitches take notes
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) October 7, 2018
This fight was sold on commercials about an assault on UFC fighters. They kind of manifested tonight.
— Leslie Smith (@LeslieSmith_GF) October 7, 2018
Sad. Straight up sad. I’m speechless. The biggest night in UFC history is damaged. I feel bad for Conor, Dana, UFC, and most of all for Khabib. He’s worked his entire life for this moment. One millisecond of emotion ruined it all. #UFC229
— Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) October 7, 2018
Khabib = a real gangster. Don’t like it don’t act like your a gangster #truth #gangster
— BRYAN BARBERENA (@bryan_barberena) October 7, 2018
What a disgrace !!!! #ufc229
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) October 7, 2018
Unacceptable! You can’t jump the fence and punch the fighter. Awesome fights but on the end ??
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) October 7, 2018
Truly impressed with how the @UFC & Security delt with that chaotic situation. Unfortunately this chaos with spill out into the streets. Be safe out there folks. #ufc229
— Kyle Bochniak UFC (@KyleBochniak) October 7, 2018
Conor does whatever the fuck he wants and nobody says shit he’s welcomed back with open arms , khabib hops the cage after all these people said about him and everyone’s like omg what a bad person how could he do that haha
— Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) October 7, 2018
