Nurmagomedov Camp Sentenced in Abu Dhabi

Six months, a fine of about $82,000, and deportation is a conviction, and deportation is the part that lasts after the jail term. That group was convicted of disturbing public security, causing panic, and endangering lives. Dvalishvili was fined and released, so the court did not give everyone in that lobby the same sentence.

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court on Friday convicted 10 people over a fight Wednesday in the lobby of the Yas Hilton. Six of them, PFL lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov, 28, and five others with him, were each sentenced to six months in prison, a fine of 300,000 dirhams, about $82,000, and deportation after the term. The court found that those six disturbed public security, caused panic, and endangered lives.

Video from the lobby showed Nurmagomedov walk up behind Merab Dvalishvili, 35, during an interview and slap him. A fight followed. Police detained the people involved. Dvalishvili is a former UFC bantamweight champion.

Dvalishvili and a friend were fined 50,000 dirhams each, about $13,600, for disturbing public security and assaulting others. They were not sentenced to prison. Dvalishvili has been released.

Two more defendants received six months, the same 300,000-dirham fine, and deportation for filming the fight and posting the video. The court treated that as a privacy offense, ordered their phones confiscated, and ordered the footage deleted.