Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov kicked off…
Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was booted from a flight this weekend after a disagreement with airline workers.
The incident occurred on Saturday on a flight departing from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and stemmed from what gave the impression to be a misunderstanding between Nurmagomedov and the flight attendant over the ex-UFC fighter’s capacity to help the crew within the occasion of an emergency since he was sitting in an emergency exit row.
The practically two-minute video begins with Nurmagomedov within the center of a dialog with the airline workers as he tells them that “he knows how to help people.”
At one level within the video, the staffer might be heard telling Nurmagomedov: “We cannot allow you to sit in the exit row.”
“I am not going to do this back and forth. I’ll go call a supervisor. You can either take a different seat or we can go ahead and escort you off the plane,” she mentioned after Nurmagomedov tried to protest.
Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was kicked off a airplane after a misunderstanding with a crew member. @viceplayer/TikTok
He continued to insist that he had totally complied with the flight crew.
“When I was in check-in, they asked me do I know English and I say yes,” he mentioned. “Then why you guys do this?”
A supervisor was introduced onto the airplane and Nurmagomedov ultimately left the plane with none additional points.
A person believed to be half of his touring celebration may be seen exiting the airplane after Nurmagomedov bought off.
Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was kicked off a airplane after a misunderstanding with a crew member. @viceplayer28/TikTok
Several media experiences named the flight as Alaska Airlines, however a spokesperson for the airline advised The Post by way of electronic mail that it had been “incorrectly” recognized.
“We have checked our records and did not have this individual on an Alaska Airlines flight that day,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is a UFC Hall of Famer who retired in 2020 with a profession 29-0 report. Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Images
Nurmagomedov addressed the incident in a post on X on Sunday night and revealed that the airline concerned was Frontier.
“Lady who comes to me with questions was very rude from the very beginning, even though I speak very decent English and can understand everything and agreed to assist, she still insists on removing me from my seat. What was the base for that, racial, national or other one, I’m not sure,” he wrote.
“But after 2 minutes of conversation, she called security and I was deplaned from this aircraft, after 1,5 hour I boarded another airline one and left to my destination. I did my best to stay calm and respectful as you can see on the video. But those crew members could do better next time and just be nice with clients.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov makes an attempt to submit Conor McGregor of their UFC light-weight championship bout during the UFC 229 occasion inside T-Mobile Arena on October 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Images
A rep for Frontier Airlines didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Post.
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