Muhammad Mokaev, Manel Kape’s teams scuffle; Coach recounts

Earlier than they meet contained in the octagon at UFC 304, Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape’s groups bought right into a bodily altercation, and Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick was in the course of it.

The flyweight matchup between Mokaev (11-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Kape (19-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC), which takes place on the prelims of the pay-per-view occasion at Co-op Stay in Manchester, England, on Saturday, is a giant one with potential title implications.

Wednesday, members of the opposing groups bought bodily on the fighter lodge, inflicting safety to rapidly intervene. Amongst them was Kape’s coach Nicksick, who advised MMA Junkie that he believes his fighter was arrange.

In line with Nicksick, Kape was requested to take a photograph with Mokaev “for our Muslim brothers.” Kape agreed. The following second, “Starboy” was attacked by Mokaev’s camp.

A portion of the brawl was captured on video, and is making the rounds on social media (by way of @Home_of_Fight on X). Nicksick could be seen making an attempt to calm the scene.

Group Mokaev & Group Kape bought into an altercation on the fighters lodge, presumably because of the earlier rumours of a bloody altercation on the UFC PI🫣 pic.twitter.com/473lZRB1Zl

— Dwelling of Battle (@Home_of_Fight) July 24, 2024

Nicksick confirmed no one was injured within the transient altercation.

Later, Mokaev posted a selfie to his Instagram story with a caption that interprets (by way of Google), “That is the way it occurs in life. They didn’t educate you how you can combat.”

MMA Junkie reached out to Mokaev, however didn’t obtain a response on the time of writing.