On Saturday evening, UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov accepted an invitation to attend an iftar (evening meal) with Ramzan Kadyrov during the holy month of Ramadan. The invitation came amidst reports accusing the Chechen dictator of reigniting the crackdown on the republic’s LGBTQ+ community.
Nurmagomedov, who last defended his lightweight title against Conor McGregor at UFC 229 last October, reposted a video from Kadyrov’s Instagram account, along with the caption: Yesterday, at the invitation of Brother Ramzan Kadyrov, I visited him at iftar. Thank you very much Brother. I was very glad to see you and all the other Brothers.