President of AMC Fight Nights, Kamil Gadzhiev, commented on the statement of 22-year-old native of Dagestan Muhammad Mokaev, who asked the UFC management not to mention his Russian origin.
“The main flag for Muhammad Mokaev today is the flag of Great Britain, therefore, it seems to me that the UFC can simply limit itself to one flag,” Gadzhiev said in another video posted on his YouTube channel. Why did he make such a statement? Let’s be objective – he left at a very young age, practically a child. For him, Dagestan is really something close, dear, homeland forever. Russia, as a place of residence, he especially never appreciated “
“Immediately from Buynaksk, a person ended up in the UK. For him, Russia, as such, is an absolutely foreign state. Therefore, let’s not make something supernatural out of this statement. The guy says: ‘I have nothing to do with Russia. Dagestan is my homeland, and it is important for me that the flag of Dagestan is somewhere near me’. So be it, if the UFC allows it. By the way, in other parts of Russia, except in Dagestan, Muhammad Mokaev is not particularly perceived as a compatriot. Therefore, here are all the quits “
Earlier, Muhammad Mokaev, ranked twelfth in the UFC flyweight division, explained that the reason for his statement was the protests against the construction of a mosque in Moscow.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/31221-kamil-gadzhiev-ob-yasnil-postupok-otrekshegosya-ot-rossii-dagestanskogo-bojtsa.html?rand=19907