Eight sentenced to prison over Nurmagomedov-Dvalishvili hotel brawl

Six members of Team Nurmagomedov were each sentenced to six months in prison, fined 300,000 AED (approximately $81,700), and ordered deported after PFL lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov initiated a brawl by slapping UFC fighter Merab Dvalishvili from behind at an Abu Dhabi hotel during a Real American Fighting event on Wednesday. Dvalishvili and a friend were fined 50,000 AED (approximately $13,600) for disturbing public security and assaulting others. Two additional individuals who filmed and published footage of the altercation also received six-month prison sentences for violating privacy laws, with their phones confiscated.