10 UFC Fights That Happened Outside Of The Octagon
1. Conor McGregor Vs Khabib Nurmagomedov (Part 2: Jumping The Cage)
We finish where we began: Conor McGregor Vs Khabib Nurmagomedov.
After the scene was set with that unbelievable encounter in the Barclays Center, The Eagle and The Notorious one would go head to head for the undisputed UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 229.
McGregor didn’t hold back with racial slurs and political lashings and Khabib stormed out after another McGregor late show in a press conference.
What a fight it was. The Lightweight division's shining lights when at it for four rounds before McGregor was choked out by Nurmagomedov. What came next shocked the world.
Khabib jumped the barricade and went straight for McGregor's team - in particular McGregor's Jiu-Jitsu coach, Dillon Danis. Cheap shots were had by all as McGregor was popped by one of Nurmagomedov's crew in the octagon.
With the situation getting so intense, it meant that Dana White couldn't award Khabib the title in the ring.
Both fighters were subsequently fined and banned from the sport for a period of time - $50,000 and 6 months for McGregor, $500,000 and 9 months for Nurmagomedov.