On Friday, an Abu Dhabi court issued a decision to imprison ten defendants in the brawl that broke out between Russian fighter Usman Nurmagomedov and Georgian Merab Dvalishvili inside the lobby of an Abu Dhabi hotel.
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The court sentenced six defendants, who are part of the team of fighter Usman Nurmagomedov, to six months in prison and a fine of 300,000 UAE dirhams for each of them, with an order to deport them from the country after the sentences are carried out, due to disrupting public security, inciting panic and endangering lives.
The court also fined two defendants 50,000 dirhams each, and sentenced two other defendants to six months in prison and a fine of 300,000 dirhams, with the confiscation of their mobile phones and the deletion of video clips related to the fight.
The details of the case date back to last Wednesday, when Georgian fighter Merab Dvalishvili announced that he and his friend were attacked by Usman Nurmagomedov and a group of his friends in the lobby of an Abu Dhabi hotel while he was conducting a media interview for the RAF wrestling organization, where he posted a video clip showing him with blood covering his face.
The athletes were in Abu Dhabi to participate in the "Real American Freestyle" wrestling championship scheduled for next Saturday.
It is worth noting that Dvalishvili defeated Umar Nurmagomedov, Usman's older brother, by unanimous decision in January 2025 at UFC 311 to defend his bantamweight title, before losing the title in October 2026 to Russian champion Petr Yan at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
Usman Nurmagomedov, 28, is a former PFL lightweight champion and one of Russia's top mixed martial arts fighters. He is also a relative of retired Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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