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Khamzat Chimaev appears to have no regrets for his role in the melee that canceled the UFC 279 press conference.<\/p>\n

Just moments before the top six fighters on Saturday’s card were set to take the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, UFC president Dana White revealed some \u201ccrazy sh*t\u201d happened backstage.<\/p>\n

After announcing the three matchups would come out individually, Kevin Holland and Daniel Rodriguez had a brief Q&A with reporters before White was informed of more backstage chaos, and announced the remainder of the press conference was off.<\/p>\n

During a scrum with reporters, White said the brawl began with an altercation between Chimaev (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Holland (23-7 MMA, 9-4 UFC). Subsequent reports indicated punches and kicks were thrown, then others \u2013 including Nate Diaz \u2013 got involved as well.<\/p>\n

Video footage confirming reports is still scarce, but Holland chimed in with a message to Chimaev, who offered his own statement to him and Diaz (20-13 MMA, 15-11 UFC) on his Instagram stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them: Don’t joke with us,\u201d Chimaev said in Russian (translated by MMA Junkie). \u201cKevin got what he deserved. Diaz got what he deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chimaev is set to meet Diaz in the welterweight main event of UFC 279, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNNews and ESPN+.<\/p>\n

The pair were scheduled to have their first face-to-face interaction and staredown at the press conference, but UFC boss White opted to call things off after things jumped off backstage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Diaz camp showed up with 57 people. Khamzat’s team had 30-something people Then you had multiple guys going on back here. It was crazy,\u201d White said. \u201cIt was absolutely nuts back here. \u2026 You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out where this whole press conference was headed.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 279.<\/em><\/p>\n

Russian reporter Dinislam Mav contributed to this story with translations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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