Khabib’s bruising win triggers melee
INDONESIA has joined a roll- call of bids for the 2032 Olympic Games, which is being eyed off by the Southeast Queensland Council of Mayors.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said in Argentina yesterday that Indonesia had submitted letters from President Joko Widodo and its national Olympic committee confirming the country’s candidacy.
Jakarta is likely to be the main city in an Indonesian bid, which follows a recent hosting of the Asian Games and despite last week’s earthquake and tsunami, which exacted such terrible loss of life and damage to the island of Sulawesi.
Last month, North Korea and South Korea agreed to investigate a joint bid for the 2032 Games, which is the subject of a feasibility study by the SEQ Council of Mayors to be tabled later this year.
Counting against an IOC vote in favour of any of the three Asian bids would be that Asia will stage the 2020 Olympics ( Tokyo) and the 2022 Winter Olympics ( Beijing) before a 2032 Summer Games would be awarded, by 2025.
Boosters of a Queensland bid said the IOC had agreed to look favourably in future on a co- ordinated bid from a region rather than one city. CHAOS has erupted after Khabib Nurmagomedov retained his UFC lightweight title with a submission victory over Ireland’s Conor McGregor.
Members of Nurmagomedov’s support team were arrested after a brawl broke out following the bout in Las Vegas. The Russian ended McGregor’s attempt to win back the title on Saturday when he sealed a brutal submission victory with a rear naked choke hold in the fourth round.
The result sparked a mass brawl as fights broke out in and around the cage, with a red- shirted fan landing blows on McGregor before security intervened.
Both fighters were escorted from the arena by police and security. UFC boss Dana White later told Fox Sports that three members of Nurmagomedov’s team were arrested.
The fight had been highlighted by bad blood between both camps in the lead- up, and the situation boiled over after referee Herb Dean waved off the fight. That prompted Nurmagomedov to jump out of the cage and head straight for McGregor’s cornerman Dillon Danis.
One man jumped the fence, swinging blows at McGregor before being bundled away by security and there were punches thrown in the crowd as police and security struggled to deal with the angry crowd, most of whom had been backing the Irishman.
The victory stretched Nurmagomedov’s record to 27- 0 and handed the Irishman his second defeat in the UFC.