MOSCOW, Oct 24 Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said that his cousin Abubakar settled the conflict with the Swedish fighter of Chechen origin Khamzat Chimaev after a fight at the UFC 280 tournament. The brawl took place in Abu Dhabi after the victory of Russian Islam Makhachev in a fight for the lightweight title against Brazilian Charles Oliveira. Chimaev and Nurmagomedov stood shaking hands and had a dialogue, then Chimaev suddenly pushed Nurmagomedov, a scuffle began, security officers had to intervene in it. «The incident that occurred when Islam just won the belt does not paint us. «No Abubakar, no Khamzat, no Islam, not a single person. We're already full of it. On the Internet, everyone writes about it, calls. Even the historical event for Islam faded into the background. We all met together. We talked. We apologized to each other, hugged «, Nurmagomedov said in a video posted on the TRUE GYM MMA YouTube channel. «I hope that in the future we will only meet on good occasions. Islam has won the belt now. Khamzat can do it next. I want us to meet still time when Khamzat wins the title. Not for these conversations, but to wash another champion. I hope that such incidents will never happen again, «added the former UFC champion. Previously, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Ka Dyrov assured that there was no quarrel between Chimaev and Nurmagomedov.
