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UFC ambassador and social media sensation Hasbulla Magomedov and his friends were reportedly arrested in their native Dagestan, a republic of Russia, due to multiple driving offenses while celebrating a wedding. Hasbulla and his pals blocked the road and disturbed other drivers, however, the UFC star later apologized for the inconvenience caused by him and his friends.
The 20-year-old "Mini Khabib" first went viral in 2021 and currently enjoys 9 million followers on Instagram. Hasbulla's popularity rise after he was spotted with former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
In a video posted by Dagestan's Internal Affairs Ministry on its Telegram channel, Hasbulla, and his friends blocked traffic and did donuts on a main road. One of the cars received some damage as later seen in the video. Hasbulla has apologized for the misbehavior and ensured that it will never happen again. The influencer said, "That won't happen again, people we apologize. We had to answer for it a little bit, I wasn't driving either."
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Dagestan's Internal Affairs Ministry released a statement that read, "Police in Dagestan arrested Hasbulla and some of his friends for violating traffic laws. According to Dagestan's Internal Affairs, he and others drove out into the street and were interfering with other drivers. The entourage was taken into custody and charged with administrative violations. According to them, they were celebrating their friend's wedding."
Internal affairs also stated that the group of friends blamed ‘wedding emotions’ for driving them wild. They continued and said that it was a common occurrence in the region after weddings as people tend to let go and search for forms of entertainment.
Hasbulla took the internet by storm after signing his UFC contract in 2022.UFC Chief Dana White is a huge fan of him and met him at UFC 267 in the Middle East in October 2021. The internet star is friends with Khabib Nurmagomedov and various other big-name Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) stars, such as the current UFC Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev, who he’s recently attended the fights.
