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Dana White addresses Namo Fazil allegedly being attacked before DWCS: ‘We handled it behind the scenes’

Published

3 weeks ago

August 23, 2026

Dana White addresses Namo Fazil allegedly being attacked before DWCS: ‘We handled it behind the scenes’

Dana White knows something controversial went down at the Meta Apex involving Dana White Contender Series hopeful Namo Fazil. But he's not sharing the details.

This past week, Fazil made a shocking allegation that he was accosted by a group of Chechensâ€”â€œThere were 15 of them,â€ Fazil saidâ€”prior to his fight against Kaik Brito this past Tuesday. According to Fazil, his attackers interrupted his weight cut, â€œslappedâ€ him, leading to a scuffle that had to caught the attention of the police. Former UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev, a native of Chechnya, appeared to address Fazil's allegations, writing the following on social media:

I just want to say that if something happens between two men, they need to sort things out between them self with out letting media make fitna between nations. We all are brothers. Chechens and Kurds we are Muslims and we should stay united. I'm not happy with the things that happened. I respect strong Kurdish people. When someone speaks bad then he should know there always will be consequences.

At the UFC Sacramento post-fight presser, White was asked about the story, and he gave a vague response.

â€œYou guys have on idea how much shit goes on in this business behind the scenes and I said at the press conference that we had kind of a weird week here,â€ White said.

â€œI didn't even talk about it,â€ White said when asked if there would be any consequences for UFC fighter Baisangur Sursurkaev, who mocked Fazil after the incident and seemed to imply he was involved. â€œYou guys wouldn't even know if he didn't talk about it.

â€œWe handled it behind the scenes and that's the business we're in. Lots of crazy shit happens every day in this business.â€

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LIVE! Noche UFC Results: Silva vs. Degaldo

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5 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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LIVE! Noche UFC Results: Silva vs. Degaldo

MMA Fighting has Noche UFC results for the Silva vs. Delgado fight card, live blog of the main event, and more from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday afternoon.

In the main event, Jean Silva squares off against Jose Miguel Delgado in a pivotal featherweight contest. Silva and Delgado have both won four out of their past five fights.

Two-time UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno tries to get back on track after a two-fight skid when he fights Joseph Morales in the co-main event.

Check out Noche UFC results below.

Noche UFC Main Card (Paramount+ LIVE now)

Jean Silva vs. Jose Miguel Delgado

Brandon Moreno vs. Joseph Morales

Tommy McMillen vs. Marwan Rahiki

Manon Fiorot vs. Alexa Grasso

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Curtis Blaydes

David Martinez vs. Dan Ige

Tim Elliott def. Edgar Chairez via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Ignacio Bahamondes def. Muslim Salikhov via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

Yousri Belgaroui def. Djorden Santos via first-round TKO (4:25)

Tommy Gantt def. Drakkar Klose via submission (reverse triangle) (R3, 2:46)

Rongzhu def. Rafa Garcia via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Sean King def. Jessie Rosas via first-round KO (0:36) | Watch finish

Regina Tarin def. JJ Aldrich via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

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Video: Sean King slams Raul Rosas’ brother unconscious at Noche UFC

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7 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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Video: Sean King slams Raul Rosas’ brother unconscious at Noche UFC

Sean King III just made a statement in his UFC debut.

On Saturday, King stepped up on nine days' notice to take on Jessie Rosas â€” the elder brother of Raul Rosas â€” in a preliminary bout at Noche UFC, and things couldn't have gone much better for the undefeated â€œKing of New Orleans.â€

Just 30 seconds into the fight, King ducked under a left hand from Rosas right into a takedown attempt, and as Rosas tried to defend, King hoisted him in the air and slammed him viciously down to the mat, knocking Rosas out cold. King pounced with some brutal ground-and-pound on the unconscious Rosas before the referee intervened, calling the bout off just 36 seconds into the first round.

The win moves the 22-year-old King to 7-0 in his professional career with five finishes. For a young man who turned professional last year, King's future looks bright.

Check out King's savage highlight below.

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Video: Gordon Ryan involved in huge brawl at ADCC: ‘Thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap’

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8 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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Video: Gordon Ryan involved in huge brawl at ADCC: ‘Thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap’

â€œHere's my perspective of what just transpired, when it was transpiring.

â€œSo, obviously, I'm coaching Dominick â€” I have no idea what's going on, I'm just coaching Dominick, and Dorian and the Kazakh kid are competing. They get into whatever scuffle or argument, whatever the case is, I don't know. I don't know what's going on, but I do know that it's just John, Mike, and Dorian. John and Mike are in their 50s, 60s. So it's just the three of them and like 15 Kazakh guys.

â€œSo this is all happening, and I'm like, for sure when this match is over there's going to be a fight. 100 percent. So I angle my chair toward their mat while I'm still coaching Dominick. The match ends, the fight starts, so I'm like, OK, we're going to have a fight. Like 15 Kazakh dudes jump John, Mike, and Dorian. So I jump in, I crack the first guy, the second that one of them sees me, a couple of them start yelling, â€˜Gordon, Gordon, Gordon!' So they all turn towards me because they realized I was there.

â€œThey immediately tackled me, two guys grabbed my legs and pushed me over so I just fell over. Then like five or six of them started hitting me in the head. A couple guys are soccer kicking me, a couple guys are punching me, but I still managed to heist back up to me knees. Even though there were between four and six of them â€¦ on top of me, I still heisted up and started coming up to a single-leg. Then the fight got broken up. I stood up, I was like, â€˜Cool, fight's done. Everybody's cool.' So I just ran back, sat down, started coaching Dominick.

â€œSo, thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap. That was fun. And always remember, I'm fight of the night, every night.â€