The victim was holding a sign high when he was hit by Ali Heibati during a mixed martial arts event that took place in Moscow.
April 23, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
“I’m a married man, so I respect the female gender,” he said. (Video and photo: @hardcorefc_mma/Instagram).
Ali Heibatian Iranian MMA fighter, He hit a woman who was presenting the first round of their fight in the octagon. When the young woman, named María, passed by showing the corresponding sign, the man kicked him in the tail, triggering the reaction of both her and many present at the combat that took place in Moscow, Russia. After the incident, the Iranian apologized to the girl through social networks and gave an unusual explanation.
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“I want to publicly apologize to her. “I am a married man, so I respect the female gender.”the man explained about his violent attitude and then justified: “She was doing her job and I, after the fight, I didn’t admit my guilt either, because they also hit me on the head.”
The Iranian fighter was attacked by many people after the fight. (Video: X/@antiprogrecom)
Scandal in MMA: the important sanction to Ali Heibati
This chain of violent acts generated a real scandal: first, several assistants of the winner of the fight hit Ali Heibati and then everything ended in a pitched battle, even chairs were thrown.
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According to Sports worldthe Russian MMA League HFC considered that the “unacceptable behavior” by Ali Heibati deserved the perpetual exclusion of the fighter. And that was precisely what was determined.
Despite the exemplary sanction, the Iranian tried to explain his misconduct: “I didn’t act well with her (María). The reason was that before the fight there were a lot of fist fights,” he said and justified: “I was tense and in the fight emotions flourish”.
