{"id":34696,"date":"2026-11-13T23:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34696"},"modified":"2026-11-13T23:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:04:53","slug":"8-sentenced-to-prison-after-nurmagomedov-dvalishvili-hotel-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34696","title":{"rendered":"8 sentenced to prison after Nurmagomedov-Dvalishvili hotel brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>\n        According to ESPN,<br \/>\neight people were sentenced to six months in prison Friday<br \/>\nfollowing a hotel brawl involving mixed martial arts stars Usman<br \/>\nNurmagomedov and Merab<br \/>\nDvalishvili, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>An Abu Dhabi court also imposed fines and ordered the deportation<br \/>\nof those receiving prison sentences after they complete their<br \/>\nterms.<\/p>\n<h2>Abu Dhabi court hands down six-month prison terms, fines and<br \/>\ndeportation orders after the hotel fight involving the MMA stars&#8217;<br \/>\ncamps<\/h2>\n<p>\nSix defendants were fined 300,000 dirhams (about $81,600) each for<br \/>\ntheir roles in the fight, which authorities said threatened public<br \/>\nsafety. Two others received the same punishment for recording the<br \/>\nconfrontation and sharing footage online.<\/p>\n<p>Two additional defendants were fined 50,000 dirhams (about $13,600)<br \/>\neach without prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p>The fight erupted Wednesday at a hotel on Yas Island, where<br \/>\nDvalishvili was giving an interview ahead of a Real American<br \/>\nFreestyle wrestling event.<\/p>\n<p>Video circulating on social media appeared to show Nurmagomedov<br \/>\napproaching Dvalishvili with several others before striking him in<br \/>\nthe face. The confrontation quickly escalated into a fight<br \/>\ninvolving both groups.<\/p>\n<p>Dvalishvili, a former UFC bantamweight champion, was scheduled to<br \/>\ncompete Saturday against Marlon<br \/>\nMoraes. Nurmagomedov had traveled to Abu Dhabi to support his<br \/>\nbrother, Umar, who was also scheduled to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers subsequently removed Umar from the event&#8217;s lineup.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">????? ?????? ???? 10 ?????? ?? ?????? ????<br \/>\n???? ????? ?????? ?????? 6 ???? ?????? 300 ??? ???? ??? ???? ??<br \/>\n??????? ???? ?????? Abu Dhabi court convicts 10 defendants in hotel<br \/>\nbrawl, sentencing them to 6 months in prison, a Dh300,000 fine and<br \/>\ndeportation https:\/\/t.co\/ytwAuVlVD3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ????? ??????-?????? (@ADJD_Official)<br \/>\nNovember 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Report-8-sentenced-to-prison-after-NurmagomedovDvalishvili-hotel-brawl-203619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN, eight people were sentenced to six months in prison Friday following a hotel brawl involving mixed martial arts stars Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili, authorities said. An Abu Dhabi court also imposed fines and ordered the deportation of those receiving prison sentences after they complete their terms. Abu Dhabi court hands down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[373,9467,16551,426,425],"class_list":["post-34696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-brawl","tag-hotel","tag-nurmagomedovdvalishvili","tag-prison","tag-sentenced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}