Earlier than they meet contained in the octagon at UFC 304, Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape’s groups received right into a bodily altercation, and Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick was in the course of it.
The flyweight matchup between Mokaev (11-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Kape (19-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC), which takes place on the prelims of the pay-per-view occasion at Co-op Stay in Manchester, England, on Saturday, is a giant one with potential title implications.
Wednesday, members of the opposing groups received bodily on the fighter lodge, inflicting safety to shortly intervene. Amongst them was Kape’s coach Nicksick, who informed MMA Junkie that he believes his fighter was arrange.
Based on Nicksick, Kape was requested to take a photograph with Mokaev “for our Muslim brothers.” Kape agreed. The subsequent second, “Starboy” was attacked by Mokaev’s camp.
A portion of the brawl was captured on video, and is making the rounds on social media (through @Home_of_Fight on X). Nicksick might be seen attempting to calm the scene.
Crew Mokaev & Crew Kape received into an altercation on the fighters lodge, probably as a result of earlier rumours of a bloody altercation on the UFC PI🫣 pic.twitter.com/473lZRB1Zl
— Residence of Combat (@Home_of_Fight) July 24, 2024
Nicksick confirmed no one was injured within the transient altercation.
Later, Mokaev posted a selfie to his Instagram story with a caption that interprets (through Google), “That is the way it occurs in life. They didn’t educate you easy methods to battle.”
MMA Junkie reached out to Mokaev, however didn’t obtain a response on the time of writing.
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