MMA star Usman Nurmagomedov declared a witness in police officer incident
Bellator MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov will not face a preventative measure and will serve as a witness in a case concerning a car which hit a policeman, according to a report.
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Bellator MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov will not face a preventative measure and will serve as a witness in a case concerning a car which hit a policeman, according to a report.
Nurmagomedov and a friend, Kamal Idrisov, were apprehended at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow before the weekend, TASS reported.
The pair were alleged to have been traveling in a Toyota Camry vehicle which hit a policemean at a checkpoint while heading to an airport near Dagestan's fourth-largest city Kaspiysk.
Upon arriving in the Russian capital, officers were said to have detained them.
“I don’t know who’s writing what, but please, calm down already," the cousin of UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov wrote in what appeared to be a response to the reports on Instagram.
"I’ve already been bombarded with text messages. Everything’s fine."
Nurmagomedov and his friend are considered witnesses to the still-unidentified driver of the tinted foreign vehicle, RIA has reported.
Момент наезда на полицейского в Дагестане (смотрите на дальнюю от камеры полосу). В машине, зацепившей сотрудника, предположительно и находился Усман Нурмагомедов.
— Телеканал 360° (@360tv) November 11, 2021
По данным СМИ, у пострадавшего диагностирована подкожная гематома головы и ушибы теменной области. pic.twitter.com/WmedFx1UcZ
The car did not have license plates when it allegedly running through a protective barrier and into the policeman.
The officer was reportedly hospitalized with a head injury and bruising and has now been discharged.
Bellator released a statement last week confirming that it was aware of the incident.
Nurmagomedov scored a submission win over Patrik Pietila at Bellator 269 in Moscow in October to improve his record to 14-0.
Coach Khabib was in his corner, and there has been talk of the 23-year-old hot prospect following the ex-king of his division into the UFC.