Video of former UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov being faraway from a Frontier Airways flight went viral on Sunday. The 36-year previous retired fighter was seated within the emergency exit row however was requested to maneuver. A flight attendance was involved with Nurmagomedov’s means to successfully talk in English within the occasion of an emergency.
Nurmagomedov left the airplane with out incident and took a later flight to his vacation spot. His coach, Javier Mendez, believes Nurmagomedov was ‘racially profiled.’
“He did not say nothing to me. I did not hear nothing. This occurred final week when he was getting back from Utah, both going to Utah or coming from Utah from snowboarding,” Mendez instructed Submission Radio. “They did not say something to me. They’re very quiet about it, so I’d assume that Khabib did not assume a lot of it. However the entire world is considering a number of it as a result of they racially profiled him, one-million p.c.”
“They racially profiled him as a result of he was carrying a hoodie and so they have been uncomfortable with him carrying a hoodie. However you understand why he was carrying a hoodie as a result of he is a brilliant well-known athlete on the planet and he would not need to be acknowledged,” Mendez continued.
Mendez believes an injustice was achieved however he additionally is aware of that Nurmagomedov won’t pursue any motion in opposition to the airline.
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“I do know him. He isn’t going to do nothing about it, however I believe those who love him or love justice are going to be up in arms about this,” Mendez stated. “It is outrageous. The needs to be held accountable.
“I really feel that they need to donate cash to the victims of the L.A. hearth of a generosity of goodwill and the entire bit. Khabib just isn’t going to be too hassle by it as a result of he is a person of God. He is simply going to have a look at it like if Allah wished him to be in that airplane then he would have been in that airplane, so he’ll simply take it in stride. I do not assume Khabib will even discuss it, however it’s not a matter of Khabib speaking about it. It is a matter of us speaking in regards to the racial injustice that goes on on this world and people issues ought to by no means occur.”
