Archives: Khabib Blasts McGregor Over Sexual Assault Allegations (2019)
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[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED APRIL 3, 2019, 1:34 PM]
Headline: Khabib Nurmagomedov Blasts Conor McGregor Over Sexual Assault Allegations
Author: Damon Martin
The personal attacks between UFC lightweight champion Khabib
Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor have ratcheted up even further after the latest
message shared on Wednesday.
Late Tuesday evening, McGregor shared a pair of tweets that
took aim at Nurmagomedov and his family including one very personal attack that
insulted the Russian’s wife.
“Your wife is a towel, mate,” McGregor wrote in the message
that was later deleted.
While McGregor deleted that message, he didn’t stop going
after Nurmagomedov in several more tweets including another directed at his
teammate Ruslan Magomedov, who was recently handed a lifetime ban by USADA
after multiple violations of the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
Then on Wednesday, Nurmagomedov decided to respond with a
message of his own.
This message took aim at McGregor and the recent news that he was under investigation for an alleged sexual assault that took place in his native Ireland last December. According to a report from the New York Times, McGregor was detained for questioning and later released after the sexual assault allegations surfaced.
“Rapist, you are Rapist,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “You are a
hypocrite who is not responsible for your actions. Justice will find you. We
will see.”
To be very clear, McGregor has never been charged or convicted of any crime related to the sexual assault allegations.
Obviously there’s no love lost between these two competitors
but what initially started as trash talk between two opponents has devolved
into incredibly personal attacks including insults about Nurmagomedov’s faith
and family not to mention sexual assault allegations.
It’s unclear if the UFC will take any action against either
fighter for these continued attacks.
Under the UFC’s code of conduct, any athlete can be punished
for behavior that is seen as detrimental to the promotion.
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