UFC boss Dana White has said that three arrests have been made after a post-fight brawl marred Khabib Nurmagomedov's statement-making victory over Conor McGregor.
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UFC boss Dana White refused to give Nurmagomedov his UFC lightweight championship title, and the fighter was escorted out of the arena by Las Vegas metropolitan police.
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White said he "talked with" McGregor. "He's upset about the fight, not about the fight after the fight."
There have already been repercussions, White said. "Three of Khabib's guys have been arrested and are on the way to jail now," White said. "I know if we put the belt on him in the octagon they'll be things thrown. I just said let's just try and get him out of here."
Prominent MMA journalist Ariel Helwani, of ESPN, posted a video on Twitter of what looked like one of the arrests.
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White added: "What happens here is three guys have been arrested, there's going to be charges against them for sure. Those three guys, are they even going to get a VISA to come back here? There's a lot of things that they haven't realised yet."
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According to MMAJunkie.com and USA Today reporter Mike Bohn, White later said that McGregor refused to press charges so the three people arrested have reportedly been released by police.
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