“Before they made a decision, I knew about what such a punishment would be. I did not like it. The commission did not consider the moment that I was not the initiator. The start is not my team, but another one. They took into account only the ending, ”said the athlete on the TV channel“ Match TV ”.
He also commented on the fact that the Irishman Conor MacGregor received a suspension only for six months.
“This attitude is not only towards me, but also towards the country as a whole. Sport should be without politics, but it was felt in our battle. This attitude to our fighters is felt. There was no such thing before, ”Nurmagomedov added.
Earlier, Umar Kremlin called the NSAC decision on Nurmagomedov and McGregor the policy of double standards.