UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov is talking out after being booted from a flight headed for Los Angeles.
On Saturday, ‘The Eagle’ was faraway from a airplane departing from Las Vegas to L.A. Nurmagomedov was touring to The Metropolis of Angeles to nook his cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov, who is ready to problem Merab Dvalishvili for the UFC bantamweight title this weekend contained in the Intuit Dome.
Video of the incident shortly went viral however supplied little clarification for why Nurmagomedov was requested to change seats earlier than being eliminated altogether.
It was later revealed that Nurmagomedov was sitting in an exit row and was requested if he may help with a possible evacuation. After all, English is just not the light-weight legend’s first language, however he clearly speaks it nicely sufficient to grasp what’s being requested of him. Nonetheless, that wasn’t adequate for the flight attendant.
did discrimination play a job in khabib Nurmagomedov’s elimination from Flight to L.A.?
Nurmagomedov broke his silence on Sunday, suggesting that discrimination could have performed a job within the incident.
“First of all, I need to clarify that it was [Frontier Airlines], not Alaska Air,” Nurmagomedov wrote on X.
“Woman who involves me with questions was very impolite from the very starting, although I communicate very respectable English and may perceive the whole lot and agreed to help, she nonetheless insists on eradicating me from my seat. What was the bottom for that, racial, nationwide or different one, I’m undecided.
“But after 2 minutes of conversation, she called security and I was deplaned from this aircraft, after [an hour and a half] 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.”
Nurmagomedov finally made it to L.A. after hopping on one other flight a number of hours later.
