Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Teammate Calls Out Jorge Masvidal’s Agency First Round Management Amid Recent Controversy

UFC is the biggest MMA promotion in the world. It is the biggest in terms of quality of fighters, viewership, and the amount of money involved. With money comes responsibility, and the fighters prefer to let management companies take charge of the important decisions.

There are many management companies in the business that aim to keep the best fighters on their roster. Ali Abdelaziz, Malki Kawa, and Paradigm sports are some of the biggest names in the fighter management business.

And just like fighters, management agencies also have a rivalry between them. Similarly, UFC fighter Nasrat Haqparast tweeted a screenshot that showed apparently a representative from Malki Kawa’s First Round Management agency trying to snatch the fighter. Haqparast responded negatively and called his manager Ali Abdelaziz the best in the business.

He wrote, “Hey @FirstRoundMgmt please get your own fighter, and stop stealing other managers fighter. They don’t learn @AliAbdelaziz00”

Another UFC fighter named Manel Kape signed with Abdelaziz’s Dominance MMA management, added his two bits to the controversy. He asked fighters to not pick Kawa’s agency unless they want to “ruin” their careers.

He quote tweeted Haqparast’s tweet and said, “Unfortunately they don’t do a Management job, they’re just a collector of athletes’ money. I’ve been with them and I can say that the lack of organization is abysmal. I had to fight, organize all the paperwork that ufc sent, anyway. You want to ruin your career, join them…”

Notably, former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was also with the Dominance MMA led by Ali Abdelaziz.

Meanwhile, First Round Management’s owner Malki Kawa manages top welterweight fighter Jorge Masvidal.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov on Jorge Masvidal – Colby Covington controversy

The feud between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jorge Masvidal’s management agencies comes after the ‘The Eagle’ recently supported ‘Gamebred’. Earlier, Masvidal lost his bout against arch-enemy Colby Covington at UFC 272.

However, the rivalry couldn’t settle as Masvidal then attacked his former teammate Covington outside a steak restaurant in Miami. The matter immediately went viral on the internet.

Soon after, reactions from the MMA world started pouring in. And one former fighter stood out in Masvidal’s support. Subsequently, Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov picked Masvidal’s side and asked other UFC fighters to not fight ‘Chaos’ in a tweet.

“I think all welterweights should refuse to fight Colby, just don’t accept fights with him, let him sit without a fight, it will probably significantly affect him and all fighters who even think of insulting families, who is provoking the fighters to look for someone in restaurants to deal with him.” – Tweeted ‘The Eagle.’

However, the recent developments between Nurmagomedov’s former manager and Malki Kawa might affect this support in the future. Khabib Nurmagomedov has a great relationship with Ali Abdelaziz.

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