Here’s a truth: At UFC 229, it was Khabib Nurmagomedov who jumped the octagon fence and attacked Dillon Danis in the moments after his submission win over Conor McGregor, causing chaos in the process.

And yet, the Nevada State Athletic Commission made it possible for Danis to receive a longer suspension than the UFC lightweight champion.

Does this make sense?

That question was asked Monday following an NSAC meeting in Las Vegas, where Danis finally was punished for his role in the infamous UFC 229 brawl. Danis was issued a seven-month suspension – retroactive to the Oct. 6 event – and fined $7,500. By comparison, Nurmagomedov, who incited the brawl by going after Danis, received a nine-month suspension that could’ve been reduced to six months had he participated in an NSAC-approved anti-bullying campaign; he also was fined $500,000. Nurmagomedov declined the opportunity to reduce his sentence.

But still, it’s curious that the NSAC made it possible for the attacker (Nurmagomedov) to get off with a lighter sentence than the man who was defending himself (Danis). NSAC chairman Anthony A. Marnell III said that outloook doesn’t tell the whole story..

“I don’t think you can line all these up and compare them,” Marnell told reporters, including MMAjunkkie. “You have fighters, you have seconds, you have fans. You have fines in terms of term, but you also have fines in terms of dollars. It’s a negotiation within a set of guidelines that the Attorney General is allowed to work within. So they can … one month difference I don’t think is saying, ‘Well, someone got a harder suspension.’

“I guess if Dillon wanted to fight the six months and pay Khabib’s fine, he could do that, too. You’re talking about $7,500 vs. ($500,000). There’s a lot of moving parts in that discussion. I don’t think it’s all linear, and you can line it up and say whether it was evenly given out or not.”

Nurmagomedov has said he won’t fight until November. He said he won’t ever fight in Nevada because the state “is where drugs, prostitution and gambling are officially permitted.”

Nurmagomedov previously cited Danis’ age as the primary reason for the UFC 229 attack at T-Mobile Arena.

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