Daniel Cormier Reveals Dana White Refunded Him UFC 229 Tickets For Calming Down Khabib Nurmagomedov

It’s been over six years since team Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor's camp brawled at UFC 229 but new details are still being reported about it to this day.

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UFC legend Daniel Cormier has now revealed that he played a key role in calming down the chaos, which led to UFC president Dana White refunding him for his tickets.

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While in conversation with Chael Sonnen on their weekly installation of ‘Good Guy/Bad Guy’ Cormier explained that he had bought tickets worth #10,000 for his wife and kids to be sat right next to the octagon.

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When the chaos erupted, his initial thought was to jump in and start throwing hands. Thankfully, the saner half of his brain took over.

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“This was such a hot ticket Chael… Immediately in my head I am like we gotta stop these guys. I start stopping the fight, I calm Khabib down, I get him to leave the octagon, Dana refunds me all my money.”

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‘The Eagle’ famously leaped out of the cage and attacked Dillon Danis following his win at UFC 229. This triggered an all-out brawl between the two camps with members from both teams rushing into the octagon to attack Khabib and Conor McGregor respectively.

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Once the situation was under control, White spoke to Khabib and refused to put the belt around him as he said it would make the fans go crazy.

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‘The Eagle’ did not want anything to do with that and refused to leave until the belt was wrapped around his waist. That is where Cormier stepped in.

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This fight led to a feud between Dagestani and Irish MMA fans for years. But after the fight between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes earlier this week for the Bellator lightweight title, Khabib asked his fans to bury it.

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The UFC veteran thanked the Irish people for their support of Palestine and said that they all loved Ireland. In the interest of brotherhood, he then buried Usman’s hatchet with Hughes on social media.

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