Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili in Abu Dhabi hotel-lobby brawl
New York Post Sports footage shows a reception-area confrontation spreading into the hallway before the groups are separated.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 184,991 views a day, 78 times a normal first day on this channel (2,376).
Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili BRAWL in Hotel Lobby!
A group approaches the reception counter, a punch is thrown, and the hotel lobby becomes a tangle of grappling men, luggage and furniture. Bystanders call for security as the confrontation spills toward a hallway.
New York Post Sports identifies the fighters involved as Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili, alongside members of their entourages, and places the incident in Abu Dhabi. The Short carries an on-screen credit to the X account @DailyLoud. It shows people falling to the floor and others trying to intervene before the groups are pushed apart and restrained.
The clip drew roughly 93,000 views in eight hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for a Short. Its comment section was also substantially busier than a typical upload's.
That is a sharp change of subject from the channel's surrounding Yankees coverage, including Joel Sherman's discussion of Alec Bohm and bench-coach candidates. Here, the footage ends with people holding the groups apart.
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Where next?
- Channel
- New York Post Sports
- Subscribers
- 155,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 811,154
- Channel views, pace per day
- 113,428 (on a normal day: 185,685)
- Video published
- November 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 92,966 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 184,991
The numbers
The lobby footage passed the channel's usual full-day Short audience within its opening hours. Comments also ran far above the usual first-day total.


