Overview
- Tempers flared at a Fitbox Fighting Championship press conference in Muscat on Jan. 29 during a face-off between Dzhokhar Dushuev and Anthony Zeidan.
- Security intervened to separate the fighters, and footage of the incident was posted to Instagram by RED CORNER MMA.
- After the separation, Khamzat Chimaev approached Zeidan and appeared to admonish him, and the situation ended without further physicality.
- Dushuev and Zeidan are booked to headline FFC 5 in a welterweight bout at the Oman Automobile Association.
- Chimaev is in Oman promoting the card while recovering from surgery and awaiting his first UFC title defense, with reporting suggesting a possible return after Ramadan on a summer event.