Eight sentenced to prison by Abu Dhabi court over Nurmagomedov and Dvalishvili hotel brawl - The National

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has convicted 10 people in connection with a <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/combat-sports/2026/11/11/merab-dvalishvili-left-bloodied-after-attack-by-usman-nurmagomedov-during-hotel-interview-in-abu-dhabi/" target="_blank" rel="" title="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/combat-sports/2026/11/11/merab-dvalishvili-left-bloodied-after-attack-by-usman-nurmagomedov-during-hotel-interview-in-abu-dhabi/">violent altercation</a> in a Yas Island hotel between Usman Nurmagomedov, his associates, and Merab Dvalishvili. Six defendants were sentenced to six months in prison, fined Dh300,000 each and ordered to be deported after serving their sentences for disturbing public security, causing panic and endangering lives, Abu Dhabi Judicial Department said in a statement. Two others were fined Dh50,000 each for “disturbing public security and assaulting others”. The remaining two people involved in the brawl were sentenced to six months in prison, fined Dh300,000 each and ordered to be deported “for violating privacy by using information technology to film and publish footage of the brawl”. The court also ordered the confiscation of their phones and deletion of the footage.