Mounir Lazzez reacts after his victory over Ange Loosa in a welterweight combat throughout UFC Battle Evening.
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A UFC fighter thanked an alleged Irish mob boss focused by the US authorities after profitable his combat on Saturday.
Following his UFC Battle Evening victory over Ange Loosa, Mounir Lazzez thanked Daniel Kinahan, upon whom the US authorities imposed a $5 million reward for info resulting in his arrest and conviction days earlier than the combat.
“I'd like to thank my coaches and my brother Daniel Kinahan,” Lazzez mentioned in a post-fight interview on the ESPN broadcast. “With out him, I'd by no means be the person who I'm right this moment and my profession at this level. Thanks quite a bit.”
Requested to make clear the feedback in a press convention, Lazzez mentioned he was unaware of the allegations in opposition to Kinahan, which embrace operating one of many world’s largest cartels, drug trafficking, cash laundering and an alleged gang struggle in Dublin and Spain that has resulted in 18 deaths. Kinahan has been a big determine in fight sports activities, as he based MTK International, a boxing administration firm.
“I feel I’m right here to entertain folks,” Lazzez mentioned. “I give the credit score to whoever deserves credit score. I’m not concerned on stuff. I don’t find out about it and I'll examine how it's.”
He referred to as Kinahan a “good friend and adviser” and, when advised that Dublin police accused anybody in fight sports activities who nonetheless works with him of being concerned in a legal community, mentioned: “I don’t observe this type of information.”
UFC president Dana White declined remark to Yahoo Sports activities on the state of affairs.
“For me it’s a easy factor, a good friend outdoors the fitness center,” Lazzez mentioned. “I meet him for recommendation and he helped me all through my profession.”
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