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Team Khabib React To UFC 249 Cancellation And Hit Out At UFC Champion's Critics

Team Khabib React To UFC 249 Cancellation And Hit Out At UFC Champion's Critics

Khabib Nurmagomedov's Russian manager took to social media to share a message to his fighter's detractors.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Khabib Nurmagomedov's Russian manager has hit out at the UFC lightweight champion's critics following the cancellation of UFC 249.

Dana White has pulled the plug on UFC 249 following an executive decision from ESPN/Disney.

And Team Khabib, who bowed out of the main-event last week, has responded to the cancellation through his manager Rizvan Magomedov who took to social media to slam the fighter's detractors.

He posted a picture of the UFC 249 card branded with a red cross, accompanied with the words: "Where do you need to fly now? When you find a flight, don't forget to call Putin," per RT.

Image: Instagram
Image: Instagram

Nurmagomedov was attacked on social media after withdrawing from UFC 249 because some people mistakenly believed that he could have got an exception from the Russian government to fly to America.

Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor both mocked Nurmagomedov for removing himself from the scheduled April 18 show.

UFC moved on without their lightweight champion by booking Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje, though White was told to shut down the event by ESPN.

"I told you this whole thing has been a battle since Day 1," White explained to Brett Okamoto.

"We've been fighting non-stop all day and all night since this pandemic started to put on this event on April 18. And today we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney and the highest level of ESPN.

"One thing that I've said since we started our relationship and partnership with ESPN - and it's been an incredible one, it's been an amazing partnership. ESPN has been very, very good to us, and the powers that be there asked me to stand down and not do this event next Saturday."

All UFC events are on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis, but fight island is still in play.

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Topics: Khabib Nurmagomedov, UFC News, Fight News, UFC, MMA, UFC 249, Dana White

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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