UFC Hall of Fame Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight after a verbal disagreement with the crew over the weekend. Nurmagomedov and Frontier released conflicting statements about Nurmagomedov's removal.

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov “was asked to deplane” a Frontier Airlines plane after a disagreement over him sitting in an exit-row seat, the airline said in a statement to CNN.

The nearly two-minute video starts with Nurmagomedov in the middle of a conversation with the airline staff as he tells them that “he knows how to help people.”

Now retired from the UFC, Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov is in the headlines over a viral video of him experiencing a verbal dispute on a plane with a Frontier Airlines employee.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a flight over the weekend after an argument with an attendant, and his long-time rival Conor McGregor has since reacted to the incident

As Khabib Nurmagomedov's flight controversy is making waves and gaining an exorbitant reaction on social media, the opportunity was too big for Conor McGregor not to pay heed to.

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov responded after videos of him being asked to exit a flight from the Las Vegas airport, taking to his X account to clarify his thoughts regarding the matter and ask what the basis for the decision to remove him was.