Colby Covington didn’t take long to weigh in on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s viral removal from a flight on the way to UFC 311.
Khabib Nurmagomedov kicked off what will be a busy week for him and his fighters with an unusual incident on the way to UFC 311. In now-viral footage, Nurmagomedov was removed by Alaska Airlines flight attendants in Las Vegas due to a misunderstanding regarding his seat in the plane’s exit row.
After a heated back-and-forth between Nurmagomedov and several flight attendants, Nurmagomedov was removed from the plane, and it’s uncertain if he returned to another seat or was rebooked for another flight. Nurmagomedov will corner his cousin Umar and UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev this Saturday at UFC 311 in Los Angeles.
In the meantime, Nurmagomedov was at the center of controversy regarding his travels for UFC 311. UFC welterweight Colby Covington, who has repeatedly teased a future clash with Makhachev and other Team Khabib members, didn’t take long to mock the UFC Hall of Famer.
Colby Covington trolls Khabib Nurmagomedov after flight removal
In a recent tweet, Covington mocked Nurmagomedov’s removal from the Alaska Airlines flight.
“Bratha why you fly the coach and the Alaska airlines bratha!?” Covington tweeted.
As of this writing, Nurmagomedov nor his team have addressed the incident publically. Nurmagomedov is still expected to be in Los Angeles later this week for UFC 311 unless the card gets a last-second rescheduling due to the California wildfires.
Covington is plotting his return to the Octagon in 2025 after a doctor’s stoppage loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa last month. He’s lost three of his last four fights and is 0-3 in lineal UFC welterweight title bouts.
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s UFC 311 week off to a bizarre start
Nurmagomedov has transitioned to coaching after retiring from fighting in 2020. Since vacating the UFC lightweight title following UFC 254, he’s coached top fighters to the top of the sport, including Makhachev and his cousins Usman and Umar.
UFC 311 will be an extremely busy night for Nurmagomedov and his protégés. Makhachev will defend the UFC lightweight title in the main event in a rematch with Arman Tsarukyan while Khabib’s cousin Umar challenges for the bantamweight championship in the co-main against Merab Dvalishvili.
Covington pulls no punches when it comes to trolling his fighting colleagues, even if it’s a UFC Hall of Famer like Nurmagomedov. In either case, Covington continues to be one of the most polarizing fighters on the UFC roster.
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