The participant of the fight with Dvalishvili replaced Umar Nurmagomedov at the RAF tournament

Georgian fighter Saba Lazishvili will perform at the Real American Freestyle (RAF) tournament in Abu Dhabi on November 14 instead of Russian Umar Nurmagomedov. This was reported by the press service of the RAF.

21-year-old Lazishvili will fight the 47-year-old former contender for the UFC title in the lightest weight American Yuri Feiber, with whom Umar Nurmagomedov was originally supposed to fight.

Lazishvili was a participant in a mass brawl with former UFC champion Merab Dvalishvili and brother of Umar Usman Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili on November 11 accused Usman and his entourage of attacking in the lobby of a hotel in Abu Dhabi.

Police in Abu Dhabi reported the arrest of eight participants in the fight and two others who filmed the incident. As a result, Nurmagomedov and seven other people were arrested for six months with subsequent deportation, and fined 300,000 dirhams (more than 6.7 million rubles as of November 13). Two more defendants (Dvalishvili and Lazishvili) were fined 50 thousand dirhams (1.1 million rubles), they were released from custody.

Dvalishvili on November 14 at the RAF tournament will play against Brazilian Marlon Morais.

Umar and Usman Nurmagomedov are second cousins of ex-UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.