Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov kicked off plane after dispute

At one point in the video, the staffer could be heard telling Nurmagomedov: “We cannot allow you to sit in the exit row.” 

“I am not going to do this back and forth. I’ll go call a supervisor. You can either take a different seat or we can go ahead and escort you off the plane,” she said after Nurmagomedov tried to protest. 

He continued to insist that he had fully complied with the flight crew. 

“When I was in check-in, they asked me do I know English and I say yes,” he said. “Then why you guys do this?”

A supervisor was brought onto the plane and Nurmagomedov eventually left the aircraft without any further issues. 

A man believed to be part of his traveling party could also be seen exiting the plane after Nurmagomedov got off. 

Several media reports named the flight as Alaska Airlines, but a spokesperson for the airline told The Post via email that it had been “incorrectly” identified. 

“We have checked our records and did not have this individual on an Alaska Airlines flight that day,” the spokesperson said.

Nurmagomedov addressed the incident in a post on X on Sunday evening and revealed that the airline involved was Frontier.

“Lady who comes to me with questions was very rude from the very beginning, even though I speak very decent English and can understand everything and agreed to assist, she still insists on removing me from my seat. What was the base for that, racial, national or other one, I’m not sure,” he wrote.

“But after 2 minutes of conversation, she called security and I was deplaned from this aircraft, after 1,5 hour I boarded another airline one and left to my destination. I did my best to stay calm and respectful as you can see on the video. But those crew members could do better next time and just be nice with clients.”

Frontier Airlines did acknowledge the incident in a statement to The Post.

“We are aware of the incident and are investigating,” an airline spokesperson said. “We have refunded the customers and will follow up with them directly.”