Overview
- Newly released footage shows the front-row melee at Madison Square Garden and captures members of Islam Makhachev’s team throwing punches at Danis.
- Magomed Zaynukov said he initiated the strikes and later claimed the response “was not enough.”
- White said the UFC declined to press charges after security detained Danis, while acknowledging a lapse in allowing him to move between seats.
- The clash unfolded near the family section, with Jack Della Maddalena’s wife and mother caught in the chaos before participants were escorted out.
- Makhachev said Danis must “answer for what he said,” and Danis remains scheduled to face Anthony Taylor next month in Dubai.