As of now, it\u2019s not clear whether the UFC would actually punish Usman for his actions. However, the PFL lightweight champion would be spared from the wrath of the state athletic commissions since the event took place in Shanghai. While the 28-year-old has been facing scrutiny from the MMA world, Song Yadong also reacted to nearly getting elbowed in the face by Usman.<\/p>\n
The Chinese bantamweight was actually considerate of Usman\u2019s actions<\/a> and defended the PFL lightweight champion, recognizing that he was highly emotional after Umar was knocked out.<\/p>\n \u201cBut watching the slow motion, it looked like he was turning around to throw an elbow or something,\u201d Song Yadong stated. \u201cBut actually, I understand because they are brothers, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite this, the wave of backlash toward the Dagestani continues to grow, with a former UFC champion demanding that the undefeated fighter face consequences for nearly overshadowing a remarkable night in Shanghai.<\/p>\n Chris Weidman believes Usman Nurmagomedov should face \u201ctrouble\u201d for UFC Shanghai controversy<\/p>\n The number of watchful eyes on Usman Nurmagomedov is growing rapidly after he violated the rules in Shanghai. And while the UFC CEO clarified his thoughts on the PFL champion\u2019s actions, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman<\/a> also shared his criticism of the Dagestani, believing that the commission should take action against him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe should be in trouble, 100 percent, from the commission for jumping the cage and acting like that,\u201d Weidman said on Paramount+\u2019s Deep Waters podcast. \u201cIf we have cornermen jumping into the octagon, it\u2019s not good\u2026 He shouldn\u2019t have been there.\u201d<\/p>\n But that\u2019s not the only criticism Weidman had for Usman Nurmagomedov. He also pointed out that the theme has been pretty recurring for the PFL champion when it comes to hopping over the cage.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s something he\u2019s done before,\u201d Weidman added. \u201cWhen\u2026 he won, he immediately jumped the cage, so that can\u2019t be allowed. You can\u2019t just have people jumping in the cage every time you win or lose.\u201d<\/p>\n Here, Weidman was referring to Usman Nurmagomedov jumping the cage after Islam Makhachev<\/a> defeated Dustin Poirier<\/a> at UFC 302 in Newark.<\/p>\n After four thrilling rounds of action, Makhachev finally submitted the Louisiana native in the fifth round, and Usman hopped the cage to celebrate his teammate\u2019s victory without waiting for an official to open the cage door. For breaking the rule, security escorted the PFL champion out of the venue, but he didn\u2019t face any suspension.<\/p>\n With that in mind, if the Dagestani lightweight had broken the rule in the United States, he could have faced a suspension. However, since the fight happened outside the country\u2019s jurisdiction, it remains to be seen whether an athletic commission will eventually intervene, as Weidman wants, or whether Usman will once again avoid punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of now, it\u2019s not clear whether the UFC would actually punish Usman for his actions. However, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-880465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}