Khabib's Teammate Zubaira Tukhugov Attacked Conor McGregor 'As Promised'

UFC featherweight and Khabib Nurmagomedov teammate Zubaira Tukhugov has admitted to "slapping" Conor McGregor during the brawl that followed his defeat at UFC 229, saying he promised to do so beforehand.

Sportswriter Karim Zidan shared and translated this video of the 27-year-old in which he talked about the attack:

MailOnline's Daniel Matthews identified Tukhugov as one of the men who jumped into the Octagon after the bout and a teammate of lightweight champion Nurmagomedov.

Per the report, Tukhugov was also in a photo Nurmagomedov posted to Instagram after the incident, featuring the caption: "Just love this (sic) guys. #Brothers."

Matthews added UFC President Dana White has stated the men who jumped into the cage to attack McGregor will not fight in his organization again if they were on the roster. Tukhugov has four fights in the UFC under his belt and only just completed a suspension due to a doping violation.

According to Peter Carroll of MMAFighting.com, he was scheduled to face McGregor's teammate Artem Lobov at UFC Moncton on October 27. MMA writer Gabe Killian assumed his run with the organization is over:

At the time of writing, the UFC Moncton page still had the fight on the main card.

MMAFighting.com shared footage of an interview the Russian gave before UFC 229 in which he talked about fighting McGregor away from the Octagon:

McGregor returned to the Octagon for the first time in nearly two years Saturday in an attempt to reclaim his lightweight title. After a heated build to the long-awaited fight with Nurmagomedov, he lost in the fourth round via submission.

Immediately after the fight, Nurmagomedov jumped out of the cage and instigated a brawl.

Afterwards, the undefeated Nurmagomedov blamed his opponent, pointing at the many personal comments McGregor made leading up to the fight:

According to Matthews, Nurmagomedov is likely to be suspended for his actions.