UFC Hall of Fame Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight after a verbal disagreement with the crew over the weekend. Nurmagomedov and Frontier released conflicting statements about Nurmagomedov's removal.

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov “was asked to deplane” a Frontier Airlines plane after a disagreement over him sitting in an exit-row seat, the airline said in a statement to CNN.

The nearly two-minute video starts with Nurmagomedov in the middle of a conversation with the airline staff as he tells them that “he knows how to help people.”

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has reacted to a viral video showcasing him being removed from a flight.

When UFC CEO Dana White found out Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight, one thought crossed his mind. "What the f*ck is he doing on Frontier Airlines anyway?" White said in an interview on "Pardon My Take.

Khabib Nurmagomedov's removal from a Frontier Airlines flight has dominated MMA news, and many fighters and people involved in the sport have reacted to the incident and have come out in support of the Russian former UFC lightweight champion.

Now retired from the UFC, Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov is in the headlines over a viral video of him experiencing a verbal dispute on a plane with a Frontier Airlines employee.

Dana White is reacting to the Frontier Airlines-Khabib Nurmagomedov controversy. Earlier this week, a video showing Nurmagomedov being escorted off a