UFC Hall of Fame Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight after a verbal disagreement with the crew over the weekend. Nurmagomedov and Frontier released conflicting statements about Nurmagomedov's removal.

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov “was asked to deplane” a Frontier Airlines plane after a disagreement over him sitting in an exit-row seat, the airline said in a statement to CNN.

The nearly two-minute video starts with Nurmagomedov in the middle of a conversation with the airline staff as he tells them that “he knows how to help people.”

Viral social media footage shows the champion fighter being asked to move from an exit row before being asked to exit the plane entirely

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airways flight on Saturday after refusing to state whether he would be able to assist other travelers in the event of an emergency,