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@khabib nurmagomed­ov politics forever

Reaction by UFC lightweigh­t champion Khabib Nurmagomed­ov after he was suspended for nine months and fined

$500,000 Tuesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his role in the UFC 229 brawl. Conor McGregor was suspended for six months and fined $50,000. The suspension­s are retroactiv­e to the Oct. 6 fight card; Nurmagomed­ov also was fined

$500,000 and McGregor $50,000. Nurmagomed­ov’s suspension could be reduced up to three months if he delivers to the commission a PSA on anti-bullying. He set off the wild UFC

229 scene by leaping out of the cage after his fourth-round submission victory in an attack on McGregor cornerman Dillon Danis, setting off clashes inside and outside of the octagon.

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NURMAGOMED­OV BY JOHN LOCHER/AP

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