Conor McGregor CONFIRMS rematch after Khabib 'FRIENDS' jump in cage, PUNCH him from behind

Khabib won the lightweight fight by submission in the fourth round to consign McGregor to his second UFC defeat.

But the win has been totally overshadowed by the sickening moments that followed afterwards – when Khabib stormed out of the octagon and his associates crashed in.

Khabib himself leapt out to attack Bellator fighter Dillon Danis, one of McGregor’s closest allies in the camp, who trains jujitsu with him. Danis He was later escorted out by police.

At that moment, McGregor had his back to proceedings and was NOT involved.

It was then when he was attacked from behind by two of ‘Khabib’s friends’, according to UFC pundits, who landed blows on McGregor when he wasn’t looking.

UFC president Dana White refused to hand over the belt to the Russian while White later revealed three had been arrested.

The president said: “Three of his [Khabib’s] guys have been arrested and taken to jail. The three guys that were involved in the incident, I believe it was those three, have been arrested and taken to jail right now.”

But McGregor has appeared to confirm that a rematch is now on the cards with a post from his official Twitter account at 10.20am UK time .

He wrote: “Good knock. Looking forward to the rematch.”

After a lengthy delay, Nurmagomedov eventually addressed a media conference at the T-Mobile Arena.

“First of all I want to say sorry to athletic commission Nevada, to Vegas, I know this is not my best side. This is not my best side,” he said.

He went on to complain bitterly about McGregor’s behavior in the lead-up to the fight that exacerbated the bad blood between the two teams.

“He talk about my religion, he talk about my country, he talk about my father, he come to Brooklyn and he broke bus, he almost killed a couple people – what about this?” he asked reporters.

Stunned Joe Rogan – the respected UFC pundit – believes it was all sparked by something Danis said and an illegal McGregor move in the fight

“I think Conor will come out the victim here and Khabib is going to have a very difficult time getting a visa This is incredibly disappointing – I can’t believe we needed more security than we did.

“The fact his friends jumped in the cage and punched McGregor in the face when Conor had no idea that was going to happen, he wasn’t even involved in that.

“The whole thing is extremely unfortunate and a black eye on the sport. We couldn’t hear what he said but Dillon absolutely was insulting Khabib and that’s when he jumped over the fence and attacked him.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes when it was happening. When he went over the top and into the crowd, I couldn’t believe it.”

Welterweight champion Tyrone Woodley, working on BT Sport, explained: “It went into complete pandemonium. Khabib jumped out the octagon. He went after Conor’s team-mate Dillon.

“Then Khabib’s men went after Conor after he was recovering from a loss. It was complete chaos.”

Michael Bisping now thinks Khabib could struggle to get back into America.

“I have never seen anybody make such a mistake in my entire life. Khabib fought brilliantly and did everything perfectly,” he said.

“He finished Conor perfectly. That was it. It was revenge. That’s all he had to do.

“He had dignity and class all week but now he’s ruined it on an epic style. He’s absolutely destroyed his reputation.

“He could lose his lightweight title and a suspension by the commission. He might have his visa revoked. This is ridiculous.

“This is the beautiful thing about our sport. Two guys step into the octagon even if they hate each other, we’ve seen it time and time again.

“Grudge matches where they can’t understand one another but when the fight is done, the dust is settled and they shake hands and it’s over.

“That’s what’s happened this time. Khabib has destroyed his legacy in my opinion.

“I’m a big fan of Khabib but there’s no forgiving what we’ve seen tonight, I’m sorry.

“Conor is going to be seen as the victim. Khabib blew it. The stories, the public perception, will all be on Conor’s side. They’ll say he got jumped and everyone will say they feel sorry for him.

“Ultimately Conor might end up winning this fight.”

White labelled it a ‘dark day’ for the sport while UFC star Tony Ferguson slammed Khabib for his actions.

“It was absolutely unprofessional and uncalled for,” he said.

“We’re trying to clean the sport up and take it towards Olympic level and it was bad part on Khabib.

“He should have taken the win, taken the belt and walked away like a man.

“Then we saw this melee which was embarrassing.

“You have grudge matches in all sports but once you get in the octagon and fight, that’s that. I’m upset and I’m appalled.”

Nurmagomedov demanded his title belt be awarded to him after returning from attempting to attack Danis.

He was heard saying: “Give me this belt, I want this belt. Give me this belt.”

But White wasn’t playing ball and he refused to comply with Khabib’s request.

“What’s going to happen is, and this is what I believe, if I put this belt on you everyone will kick off,” he said.

‘Conor McGregor could have died in Vegas… why Khabib has brought UFC to SHAME’

From Chisanga Malata in Las Vegas

I WASN’T in Brooklyn – when Conor McGregor threw a dolly through a bus window with Khabib Nurmagomedov inside – but I was in Las Vegas.

And what I saw from my front row seat with my own eyes – at just after 10pm out here – was the lowest of the low.

To say the brawl was chaos would be putting it lightly. It was utter carnage.

Not only could the fracas have led to the participants suffering serious injuries, it could have caused casualties among the spectators.

It has ruined an otherwise stellar night for the UFC, who are now in the midst of another huge controversy a mere six months after McGregor’s antics at the UFC 223 media day in Brooklyn.

Now I know what you’re thinking – he’s being overdramatic and fans weren’t at all in danger.

But the lives of some of the fight goers were at stake when multiple brawls kicked off in the crowd.

We have seen it all before. Members of the public killed by one punch. Floored in a late-night town centre brawl.

Quite frankly, we are lucky no-one has died.

Nurmagomedov and McGregor fans, some of whom had been drinking heavily, shockingly traded blows as their heroes were being led out of the arena.

Some of those involved fell down stairs and found themselves fighting off multiple attackers.

There’s always a possibility of crowd violence at combat sports events, a fact security at arenas around the world are more than are aware of.

But even they couldn’t have prepared themselves for what ensued after The Notorious’ claim to be the undisputed lightweight champion was laid to waste in emphatic fashion

The tensions between Team McGregor and Team Nurmagomedov were well documented before the fight, which makes one wonder why extra security wasn’t deployed cageside. Quite simply, there was not enough.

That being said no one could have prepared for a cowardly attack from behind being launched on McGregor, whose future in the sport is once again unknown.

The eyes of fight fans across the world were firmly fixed on the T-Mobile Arena, with many keen to see if McGregor could become the first man to defeat Nurmagomedov and reclaim the lightweight title he was stripped of in April.

Not just fight fans, either. Sports fans had a taste of McGregor in the boxing ring and there was a new breed of UFC converts.

Not now. Sport went out the window the moment Khabib hurdled the octagon. This is not backpage news. This is frontpage stuff.

This incident is, unfortunately, a huge black eye for the UFC and fans of mixed martial arts around the globe.

I would love for it to not overshadow one of the best cards MMA’s premier promotion have held in the last two years.

But it has. UFC has been dragged through the mud. The entire world is talking about the brawl.