Nevada Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett says the post-fight brawl, fights that broke out in the crowd and between the fighters camps are still under investigation. Bennett also explains what the commission tried to do to prevent fights from breaking out between the camps.
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The Nevada Athletic Commission indefinitely suspended UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for their actions in a post-fight melee that occurred at UFC 229 and withheld $1 million of Nurmagomedov’s fight purse, which was reported at $2 million
At a meeting on Wednesday to determine how much money to withhold from Khabib Nurmagomedov following a brawl at UFC 229, Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Anthony Marnell said he would’ve held back Conor McGregor’s fight purse as well.