UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from plane after interaction with ‘rude’ staff
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A video showed the argument between the fighter and an air hostess, though the root of the issue was not entirely clear. Khabib Nurmagomedov has addressed a video appearing to show him being removed from a plane, with the UFC legend accusing flight staff of being “rude from the very beginning”.
While Nurmagomedov’s words are difficult to hear, the staff member seems to be speaking to him about whether the Russian, who was sat in the plane’s exit row, would be prepared to help other passengers in the event of an emergency. “We cannot allow you to sit in the exit row,” the hostess appears to say. “I am not going to do this back-and-forth. I’ll go call a supervisor. You can either take a different seat or we can go ahead and escort you off the plane.”.
Nurmagomedov, 36, can be heard saying, “It’s not fair,” and that he had complied with the crew during the boarding process. “When I was in check-in, they asked me, do I know English… and I say yes,” he said. “Then why you guys do this?”.
Nurmagomedov, who retired from mixed martial arts in 2020, later addressed the incident with a post on X (formerly Twitter). He wrote: “First of all, I need to clarify that it was @FlyFrontier not AlaskaAir. “Lady who comes to me with questions was very rude from the very beginning, even though I speak very decent English and can understand everything and agreed to assist, she still insists on removing me from my seat.
