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Fazil suffered a brutal knockout loss against Kaik Brito in the main event of Week 2 of DWCS 2026 on Tuesday. Fazil claims his performance was affected due to an altercation during his weight cut.
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Namo Fazil details alleged confrontation during weight cut before Kaik Brito fight
According to Fazil, he was already drained, with just a few pounds left to cut, when he heard a knock on his hotel door. As his coach opened the door, around 15 Chechens allegedly entered the room and confronted Fazil.
He claims one of them slapped him, trying to provoke him to fight. Fazil eventually reacted after he was slapped a second time. His coaches then intervened and tried to de-escalate the situation before the cops showed up.
“While cutting weight for my Dana White’s Contender Series fight, about 15 Chechens showed up at the hotel room where I was staying on weigh-in day. I was in the sauna,” Fazil said on Instagram in his native language. “I had blankets on me because I was cold and trying to sweat out a bit more. I was completely exhausted. My family had gone out. My coaches were playing Xbox in the room, while I was lying down. About three minutes later, the door was knocked on hard. My coach opened the door, and about 15 people came in. They were Chechens. They had come there with a purpose. I didn’t want to fight, but in the end, I had to defend myself. This wasn’t a fight I wanted. I told him I wouldn’t throw the first punch. Then he came at me and slapped me. I said, ‘Be a man. If you want to fight, we’ll fight. I’m not afraid of you.’ Then he slapped me a second time. At that point, I stood up and started throwing punches. Things got chaotic in an instant. My coaches were trying to break up the fight by pushing people away. Finally, the police arrived and saw what was happening. There were about 15 of them. What could I have done if they’d all come at me? And this happened at a moment when I was physically almost dead from cutting weight.”
Fazil had allegedly talked trash about Chechnya in the lead-up to his win over Chechen fighter Yakub Sulimanov last year. Notably, Khamzat Chimaev’s teammate and fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete Baisangur Susurkaev posted cryptic Instagram stories immediately after Fazil’s knockout loss.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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