On Thursday at the UFC 334 press conference, Dana White broke his silence on the situation surrounding potential signee Usman Nurmagomedov following his attack on Merab Dvalishvili earlier this week in Abu Dhabi.

In recent weeks, it had been reported that Nurmagomedov was working on a deal with the UFC, and it was even being said that they had agreed on terms with a potential announcement of his signing coming imminently. Now, his situation with the promotion has come into complete question following the violent attack that he initiation on the former UFC bantamweight champion inside a hotel after a RAF wrestling media event.

The video footage of the brawl showed Nurmagomedov and his crew approaching Dvalishvili from behind, and immediately getting things started by slapping the unsuspecting Georgian. From there, it was absolute chaos, with both sides of the altercation being detained by UAE authorities in the end.

While the UFC CEO touched on the situation during the press conference and then spoke about it further later on, he did not give a clear indication if the promotion was still interested in signing Nurmagomedov. But White made it very clear that any time this kind of thing happens, when fighters engage in violence outside of the cage, it is not a pleasant situation for anyone.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous and stupid. They’re all in jail. That is not a place to go F around.” The UFC CEO expressed in the UFC 334 press conference.

“That stuff is never good for business. It makes everyone involved look bad. It’s unfortunate,” White added separately.

“Now, they’re all in jail in Abu Dhabi. We’ll see how that goes.”