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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz takes a swipe at Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal

Archie Blade
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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz takes a swipe at Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz takes a swipe at Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal after the pair’s pay dispute with UFC president Dana White.

UFC head honcho Dana White has had a very public falling out with two of his biggest stars, Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal regarding their contracts. The pair believe that they are not getting compensated fairly for their efforts in the octagon and feel they deserve more than what they receive now.

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Both Masvidal and Jones have threatened to quit the UFC if their demands aren’t met. White however, has revealed they still have 8 fights left in their contracts that they renewed last year. Former UFC fighter Gary Maynard criticized the promotion for holding their fighter’s hostage with such lengthy contracts. However, Ali Abdelaziz had a different point of view.

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz takes a swipe at Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal

Ali said that the fighters signed the contracts off their own free will, knowing fully well the consequences. He also revealed that none of his fighters were under an 8-fight deal.

“It’s up to us to sign 8 fight deal or not? None of my fighters under an 8 fight deal,” Ali wrote on Twitter.


Abdelaziz has an impressive clientele that includes several current and former UFC Champions. Multiple time UFC champions Khabib and Kamaru Usman have him under their employ. Interim Lightweight champion and Khabib’s challenger Justin Gaethje is also managed by him.

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Archie Blade

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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