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 aircraft departing from Las Vegas to L.A. Nurmagomedov was touring to The Metropolis of Angeles to nook his cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov, who is about 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 modify 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 isn’t the light-weight legend’s first language, however he clearly speaks it properly sufficient to grasp what’s being requested of him. Nevertheless, that wasn’t adequate for the flight attendant.
did discrimination play a job in khabib Nurmagomedov’s removing from Flight to L.A.?
Nurmagomedov broke his silence on Sunday, suggesting that discrimination could have performed a job within the incident.
“To start with, I have to make clear 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, though I communicate very first rate English and might perceive every thing 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 unsure.
“However after 2 minutes of dialog, she referred to as safety and I used to be deplaned from this plane, after [an hour and a half] I boarded one other airline one and left to my vacation spot. I did my greatest to remain calm and respectful as you’ll be able to see on the video. However these crew members may do higher subsequent time and simply be good with shoppers.”
Nurmagomedov finally made it to L.A. after hopping on one other flight just a few hours later.
