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UFC Superstar Under Fire for 'Disgusting and Degrading' Video Mocking Homeless People

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For his nearly 5 million Instagram followers, UFC superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov usually shows off videos of his training for his next fight or sightseeing with his friends and family.

But another video uploaded by Nurmagomedov is making the rounds, and it’s one he might regret. It has nothing to do with his UFC career, and it shows off an ugly side of the lightweight champion ahead of the biggest fight of his career.

In the since-deleted video, Nurmagomedov and his cousin, Abubakar, who also competes in MMA, are shown mocking two homeless people with the promise of money in exchange for them doing pushups.

Abubakar is the man on camera, while it appears that Khabib is the one laughing and recording the video. At the 18-second mark you can see Abubakar hold out money in front of a homeless man and then snatch it back while gesturing to the ground for more pushups.

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Then the video cuts to another homeless man doing pushups and Abubakar directing the action. Khabib continues his sickening laughter through the end of the video.

Many in the MMA community were understandably disgusted by the video and didn’t hold back with their opinions.

There’s been no statement from Khabib or his team regarding the video, but this is the last thing that he and the UFC want to be talking about leading up to his fight with Conor McGregor.

The two are set to face off at UFC 229 on Oct. 6 in what will be McGregor’s first UFC fight in over two years.

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Nurmagomedov won the UFC lightweight championship in April and holds a 26-0 record. He also has the longest undefeated streak in MMA history with the last 10 of those fights coming with UFC.

The Nurmagomedov-McGregor fight is expected to be the biggest in MMA history, according to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani.

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“You have the biggest draw in the history of the sport, the most famous fighter in MMA, and arguably the most famous fighter in all of combat sports,” Helwani said, “as well as one of the top 10 most famous athletes in the world, returning after an almost two-year hiatus.

“He’s competing against perhaps his biggest rival in a fight that has been brewing for almost two years. It’s personal. You have the footage of the bus incident, you have the footage of Conor in handcuffs and it’s team vs. team. It’s authentic. People are picking sides. You can’t script anything better than this.”

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Ross Kelly has been a sportswriter since 2009.
Ross Kelly has been a sportswriter since 2009 and previously worked for ESPN, CBS and STATS Inc. A native of Louisiana, Ross now resides in Houston.
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