Actually, it looks like the real sequence of events isn't so clear:Patito wrote:Fair play to Khabib, he went for a group of people on his own. His team, however, attacking someone from behind like that after he's just gone 4 rounds, cowardly. Sicknote is right though, people need to learn that you can't go around saying whatever you like and face no consequences.
1) Ref sees Conor submit, and separates the fighters. Bit of verbal afters from Khabib.
2) Khabib sees Danis in the crowd, they exchange verbals, Khabib climbs the cage and launches himself towards him. What isn't obvious here is that Khabib's team (including his brother) is now entering the cage.
3) Both Conor and Khabib's brother now climb the cage. Conor strikes Khabib's brother in the face.
4) Khabib's brother and Conor square up, Conor hits him again. Another member of Khabib's team (in the red shirt) rushes the cage, and hits Conor in the back of the head.
No-one comes out of this well, but Conor is just as guilty of throwing first punches against Khabib's brother as Khabib is guilty of attacking Danis.