MOSCOW, Sep 9 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White canceled a press conference before the fight between the Swedish fighter of Chechen origin Khamzat Chimaev and the American Nate Diaz due to the massive brawl between the fighters and members of their teams. The fight between Chimaev and Diaz should take place on September 10 in Las Vegas as part of the UFC 279 tournament. Earlier it was reported that for the 37-year-old Diaz, this fight will be the last one under the contract with the UFC. «There will be no press conference, I apologize, but we have a very strange situation. This has never happened in the history of the company, so believe me, this is the right decision not to hold press conference now. For the safety of everyone,» White was quoted by the official UFC Russia account. As journalist Ariel Helwani said on his Twitter, Khamzat Chimaev and American Kevin Holland, who will also fight on and UFC 279. Later, other fighters and their teams joined them. According to some reports, about 100 people took part in the fight. As Holland later wrote on his Twitter, he turned to Chimaev with a proposal to «cut this clown's beard.» Chimaev posted a video on Instagram (the activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist) with the words: “I told them all not to joke with us. Kevin got his, Diaz got his.” Chimaev is 28 years old, he has 11 on his account. victories in mixed martial arts and not a single defeat. All victories, except for the last one, he won ahead of schedule no later than the second round.
