The crowds at this weekend's MMA events were apparently no safer than the cages.
Not only did a fight break out at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro that had to be broken up by Jose Aldo but World Series of Fighting 22 saw its own scuffle away from the referee, commission or cutmen.
Nate Diaz and brother Nick got into a wild altercation with Khabib Nurmagomedov at the event in which the Russian's brother Abubakar was fighting.
Nate and Khabib have long been trash-talking one another and it all boiled over when they came face to face in Las Vegas last night.
The eagle-eyed lads at MMAInterviews captured footage of the brawl which actually looks pretty intense. It's a shame Aldo wasn't there to keep the peace.
https://youtu.be/pQUq9iQZyJ8
We think the only logical way to solve this is a good ol' fashioned tag team match between the Diazes and Nurmagomedovs.
Simple as.
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