While McGregor’s actions attacking Khabib’s bus was unacceptable the UG News has been like a broken record since. Spinning everything shamelessly, telling us over and over again how traumatizing it was to professional fightere.
Now your boy Khabib run amok worse than Conor has ever done, but that’s ok now you pathetic hipocrats. Conor hit a guy that was attacking his corner. Khabib and his posse attacked both Conor and his corner. Showing the gang mentalitet they have shown in the past when they badly injured a perceoved opponent back in Moscow.
And the Muslim card as well, to protect a man that wishes to deny rap musicians to play in his native country cause it could offend his version of Allah.
It was scum behaviour no matter what Conor did in the past. A disgrace to the sport.
The past history is a problem, 100%. However, when it comes down to Saturday, Khabib receives the blame. Once he jumped out of the cage to attack Danis, everything after that fact was reactionary, not expresssly deliberate.
Conor did throw the first punch technically at the man on the fence, but the situation was out of control at that point and that was only Khabib’s fault. At that point, Conor reacted to a situation where he and his friends were in danger.
Perhaps you could make the same argument that it started when McGregor and gang attacked the bus?
Agree 100% with this article. The hypocrisy is infuriating. McGregor’s behaviour in and out of the cage has been deeply unpleasant for a long time now. But the UFC turn a blind eye on exchange for PPV sales.
Again, I am not aruging against the fact that Conor should have been sanctioned by the UFC for that incident. He should have. My point being at the moment in time, Khabib was responsible for his own actions and should be disciplined as such. I think the NSAC made the right decision to withhold his purse and not Conor's.
While McGregor’s actions attacking Khabib’s bus was unacceptable the UG News has been like a broken record since. Spinning everything shamelessly, telling us over and over again how traumatizing it was to professional fightere.
Now your boy Khabib run amok worse than Conor has ever done, but that’s ok now you pathetic hipocrats. Conor hit a guy that was attacking his corner. Khabib and his posse attacked both Conor and his corner. Showing the gang mentalitet they have shown in the past when they badly injured a perceoved opponent back in Moscow.
And the Muslim card as well, to protect a man that wishes to deny rap musicians to play in his native country cause it could offend his version of Allah.
It was scum behaviour no matter what Conor did in the past. A disgrace to the sport.
STFU.. Khabib jumped out of the cage, Dillon swung. Conor did exactly the same to Aldo, only difference is Aldo showed restraint. Maybe we should be praising Aldo more for the restraint and professionalism he showed, and holding Dillon acountable for being the nervous scary twat he was when he overreacted. It was EXACTLY the same situation, just a different outcome based on the reaction of the person who was being jumped on. And let's not forget all the thuggery Conor did attacking refs and scaling fences at other promotions. It wasn't "just" the Aldo shit, it wasn't "just" the Bus incident where he extracted blood from Chiesa and put glass in Ray Borg's eye, it was also alot of bullshit inbetween, including throwing metal cans into crowds while trying to hit the Diaz's.. he's not innocent and you can fuck off trying to paint him as such. Khabib did absolutely nothing on Saturday except jump out of the cage. Dillon was the one who swung, and Conor attacked a corner dude first and got a response from the corner quickly.. Conor is just as responsible for what happened as anyone else. Khabib jumped out of the cage, he didn't hit Dillon. Foh trying to sensationalize what Khabib did as if it were shockingly bad...in the grand scheme Khabib himself didn't REALLY do shit but jump out of a cage.
The past history is a problem, 100%. However, when it comes down to Saturday, Khabib receives the blame. Once he jumped out of the cage to attack Danis, everything after that fact was reactionary, not expresssly deliberate.
Conor did throw the first punch technically at the man on the fence, but the situation was out of control at that point and that was only Khabib’s fault. At that point, Conor reacted to a situation where he and his friends were in danger.
Perhaps you could make the same argument that it started when McGregor and gang attacked the bus?
Agree 100% with this article. The hypocrisy is infuriating. McGregor’s behaviour in and out of the cage has been deeply unpleasant for a long time now. But the UFC turn a blind eye on exchange for PPV sales.
Again, I am not aruging against the fact that Conor should have been sanctioned by the UFC for that incident. He should have. My point being at the moment in time, Khabib was responsible for his own actions and should be disciplined as such. I think the NSAC made the right decision to withhold his purse and not Conor's.
There are a large number of people here who can’t comprehend a nuanced perspective, no matter how many times you clearly explain it.
Disagree with pretty much the entire article, especially the last sentence and the comparison to Conor jumping the cage to get in Aldo’s face.
Khabib looked WAY worse than the UFC after the fight.
And Khabib exiting the cage and criminally attacking people not involved in the fight is, at best, a silly comparison to Conor’s Aldo moment.
Khabib should be stripped and fired. Sucks too, I would have loved to see if he could have put his trademark mauling on Ferguson. We may never find out...
Don’t worry, they’re not gonna fire him. You thinking that is simply stupid.
Well, if they don’t, Ferguson vs Khabib is going to be an AMAZING fight.
While McGregor’s actions attacking Khabib’s bus was unacceptable the UG News has been like a broken record since. Spinning everything shamelessly, telling us over and over again how traumatizing it was to professional fightere.
Now your boy Khabib run amok worse than Conor has ever done, but that’s ok now you pathetic hipocrats. Conor hit a guy that was attacking his corner. Khabib and his posse attacked both Conor and his corner. Showing the gang mentalitet they have shown in the past when they badly injured a perceoved opponent back in Moscow.
And the Muslim card as well, to protect a man that wishes to deny rap musicians to play in his native country cause it could offend his version of Allah.
It was scum behaviour no matter what Conor did in the past. A disgrace to the sport.
STFU.. Khabib jumped out of the cage, Dillon swung. Conor did exactly the same to Aldo, only difference is Aldo showed restraint. Maybe we should be praising Aldo more for the restraint and professionalism he showed, and holding Dillon acountable for being the nervous scary twat he was when he overreacted. It was EXACTLY the same situation, just a different outcome based on the reaction of the person who was being jumped on. And let's not forget all the thuggery Conor did attacking refs and scaling fences at other promotions. It wasn't "just" the Aldo shit, it wasn't "just" the Bus incident where he extracted blood from Chiesa and put glass in Ray Borg's eye, it was also alot of bullshit inbetween, including throwing metal cans into crowds while trying to hit the Diaz's.. he's not innocent and you can fuck off trying to paint him as such. Khabib did absolutely nothing on Saturday except jump out of the cage. Dillon was the one who swung, and Conor attacked a corner dude first and got a response from the corner quickly.. Conor is just as responsible for what happened as anyone else. Khabib jumped out of the cage, he didn't hit Dillon. Foh trying to sensationalize what Khabib did as if it were shockingly bad...in the grand scheme Khabib himself didn't REALLY do shit but jump out of a cage.
Pretty sure conor didn’t try to do a flying stomp on Aldo’s head. Khabib did so on Danis.
Khabib came nowhere near stomping on dude's head. He jumped out like a gorilla, but he wasn't anywhere near landing on Dillon. Cut the hyperbole bro... look at the image again. He jumped out and landed on the ground. Ask yourself, why would a man even want to land on someone like that? It makes no sense.. but whatever fits your narrative I guess.
Lots of people (media included) have had a problem with conors past antics. Those same people have a probelm with Saturday nights bs. Quite the bitch move to pull the islamophobia card. Excusing bad behavior for other bad behavior is mental gymnastics at it's best. UFC should be taking most of the the blame for lack of accountability. Right behind them are all the cunts on both sides who excuse this shit behavior (just like your articles does). Until people give a shit about accountability and stop excusing behavior, this never stops.
After reading that, I’d really like to know more about the author.
Here you go:
Elias Cepeda has served as a writer and editor covering mixed martial arts and combat sports, as well as public and cultural affairs, since 2005. He began as a staff writer for InsideFighting, and not long thereafter became publisher and editor of the page. Cepeda then went to write for Yahoo! Sports’ boxing and MMA pages, and edited their Cagewriter blog. He was hired away by FOX Sports, but after several years departed over philosophical differences with the executive leadership around important issues of journalism ethics. A student of and sometime competitor in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA since 1999, Elias brings a unique and vibrant presence to reporting, and enjoys trying to highlight shared humanity and connect common experiences from seemingly different worlds.
Everyone is making assumptions about what other posters think. Maybe just maybe most people here don’t think either side looks good with any of this, the bus incident, shit talk, and going after Conor’s corner and starting the entire thing all of it was bad some of it was criminal but the UFC isn’t treating anything different.
What is getting lost in all of this though is people acting like Conor is being treated differently. The only talk of Khabib being stripped is if NSAC suspends him and prevents him from defending the title for a long time.
The UFC has a history of allowing the law and NSAC give their ruling and that is the punishment.
Disagree with pretty much the entire article, especially the last sentence and the comparison to Conor jumping the cage to get in Aldo’s face.
Khabib looked WAY worse than the UFC after the fight.
And Khabib exiting the cage and criminally attacking people not involved in the fight is, at best, a silly comparison to Conor’s Aldo moment.
Khabib should be stripped and fired. Sucks too, I would have loved to see if he could have put his trademark mauling on Ferguson. We may never find out...
"Disagree with pretty much the entire article, especially the last sentence and the comparison to Conor jumping the cage to get in Aldo’s face.
Khabib looked WAY worse than the UFC after the fight."
AGREE! I don't know why people keep comparing the two. Also I still think that whole Conor/Aldo thing was staged. Conor's family was right by Aldo. Nothing was going to happen.
The past history is a problem, 100%. However, when it comes down to Saturday, Khabib receives the blame. Once he jumped out of the cage to attack Danis, everything after that fact was reactionary, not expresssly deliberate.
Conor did throw the first punch technically at the man on the fence, but the situation was out of control at that point and that was only Khabib’s fault. At that point, Conor reacted to a situation where he and his friends were in danger.
Disagree with pretty much the entire article, especially the last sentence and the comparison to Conor jumping the cage to get in Aldo’s face.
Khabib looked WAY worse than the UFC after the fight.
And Khabib exiting the cage and criminally attacking people not involved in the fight is, at best, a silly comparison to Conor’s Aldo moment.
Khabib should be stripped and fired. Sucks too, I would have loved to see if he could have put his trademark mauling on Ferguson. We may never find out...
If conor wasn't fired for sending 2 people to the hospital where the UFC had to cancel 2 fights throwing dolly and trash can into a bus then there is no way in hell khabib deserve to get fired fined and suspension should be punishment enough