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Report: Exec of Khabib Nurmagomedov's MMA Club Wanted on Attempted Murder Charge

Denis Klopnev—an executive for the Dagestani fight club, Eagles MMA, that still lists Khabib Nurmagomedov as its president—has been "arrested in absentia" for the attempted murder of fighter Shamil Kuramagomedov and has been placed on the international wanted list, according to Crime Russia (h/t Karim Zidan of Bloody Elbow).

According to Russian newspapers Moskovskij Komsomolets and Kommersant (h/t Zidan), Klopnev allegedly was amongst a "group of fighters affiliated to Eagles MMA and Summa Group [that] attacked Kuramagomedov and beat him within an inch of his life. The fighter was hospitalized with a concussion, a traumatic brain injury, and a broken nose.