Bruce Buffer recalls wildest UFC brawls in and out of octagon, has strong words for banned Dillon Danis
UFC RING ANNOUNCER BRUCE BUFFER, 69, HAS NO PLANS OF RETIREMENT ANY TIME SOON; WANTS 'TO KEEP GOING' "Dylan’s banned.
Key points
- Former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili was jumped by MMA free agent Usman Nurmagomedov, the younger brother of Dvalishvili's former opponent, Umar Nurmagomedov, in a hotel lobby overseas.
- That event got him banned from UFC, which Buffer is more than fine with.
- Buffer then remembers another brawl that had occurred after UFC 13 in 1997.
(Ironically, Khabib Nurmagomedov is Usman and Umar's cousin.) UFC will head to Madison Square Garden on Saturday, and the last time MSG hosted fights, Dillon Dannis got into a brawl with several of lightweight champion Islam Makhachev's team in the stands.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Bruce Buffer has been the ring announcer since 1996, so he's seen his fair share of scary moments.
Additional details
- Brawls between fighters away from their fights are hardly a foreign concept, and there was another one in Abu Dhabi last week.
- I’ve seen so many; I’ve been doing this for 31 years," Buffer recalled in a recent interview with OutKick.
- Don’t do anything - don’t throw punches unless you’re in the ring or the Octagon," he said.
- Mixed martial artists are generally not friendly inside or outside of the octagon.
- It was Wallid Ismail, and all hell broke loose," Buffer said.
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