The legendary former UFC champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, recently made headlines after being removed from a flight while traveling from Las Vegas to San Francisco during a busy week filled with fights involving his protégés.

The Moment Khabib Nurmagomedov Left the Plane

Why Was Khabib Asked to Leave the Flight?

In a video circulating on social media, a flight attendant is seen approaching the former fighter, who was seated near one of the emergency exits. According to various media outlets, the employee asked him to change seats, claiming his level of English might not be sufficient to follow instructions in case of an emergency.

"Well, we’re going to move you to another seat because my flight attendants won’t let you sit in the exit row, or you’ll have to get off this plane because they’re not comfortable," the flight attendant is heard saying in the video.

Eventually, Khabib is seen standing up and leaving the flight after the altercation. Hours later, he reacted to the situation.

What Khabib Nurmagomedov Said After Being Removed from the Flight

"First of all, I need to clarify that it was Frontier not AlaskaAir.

Lady who comes to me with questions was very rude from the very beginning, even though I speak very decent English and can understand everything and agreed to assist, she still insists on removing me from my seat. What was the base for that, racial, national or other one, I’m not sure.

But after 2 minutes of conversation, she called security and I was deplaned from this aircraft, after 1,5 hour I boarded another airline one and left to my destination.

I did my best to stay calm and respectful as you can see on the video.

But those crew members could do better next time and just be nice with clients. he shared in his latest Instagram post," he shared in his latest Instagram post.