Bellator’s Usman Nurmagomedov Arrested for Allegedly Hitting Police Officer with Car

Bellator MMA lightweight prospect Usman
Nurmagomedov
has been taken into custody for reportedly running
a police officer over at an airport in Russia.

Early Thursday morning, Rusen
Press
posted a document that included a potential mugshot for
Nurmagomedov and a friend, while noting that he had been detained
under suspicion of “crushing a police officer.” Russian outlet
TASS then reported
that Nurmagomedov and friend Kamal
Idrisov
had indeed been arrested at the Kaspiysk airport.

Per the press office of a department of the Russian Interior
Ministry, “They are suspected of running over a policeman with a
car at the checkpoint of Kaspiysk Airport.”

According to the report, two men in a Toyota Camry with tinted
windows and no license plates were requested to stop for an airport
checkpoint at 11:30 a.m. locally. The driver, who was not
identified, did not stop, and instead ran over a security barrier
and a police officer, injuring the officer. A criminal case has
been opened by the Russian Investigation Committee on the
matter.

Bellator has since provided a statement about the allegations to

multiple

outlets
.

“The promotion has been made aware of a situation involving
Usman
Nurmagomedov
and is in the process of gathering information. We
will have no further comment at this time,” the brief statement
wrote.

An unbeaten fighter at 14-0, including a trio of victories under
the Bellator banner, Nurmagomedov last appeared at Bellator 269 in
October. In front of a home crowd, the 23-year-old cousin of
Khabib
Nurmagomedov
throttled Patrik
Pietila
with a rear-naked choke in the opening frame. As a
professional, Nurmagomedov holds a finish rate of 86%, with
stoppages in seven of his last eight outings.

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