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MMA fighters jailed after Abu Dhabi hotel lobby brawl

Verified: 10 outlets in 6 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 3 of them from the United Arab Emirates.

📍 Abu Dhabi, AE·🕐 1h ago·10 outlets

Ten people have been convicted by the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court over a brawl in a hotel lobby.

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✓ Verified · 10 outletsin its last 2 days · 15 since Nov 11

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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InternationalAl Jazeera88%

aljazeera.com ↗

This report links 2 of the story's 15 outlets

Al Jazeera· International ↗el-balad.com ↗

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The story so far · 23 reports · · 7 countries · 10 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Nov 11, 7:37 PM UTC

3 outlets from the United Arab Emirates, where the story is: Gulf News, Khaleej Times, The National · how we count

Nov 11, 5:59 PM UTCFirst report
Merab Dvalishvili left bloodied after attack led by Usman Nurmagomedov during interview thenationalnews.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 7:37 PM UTC · +2 h
Nov 11, 9:55 PM UTC+4 h
Përleshje fizike në Abu Dhabi mes Merab Dvalishvili dhe Usman Nurmagomedov (VIDEO)tv21.tv ↗
Nov 12, 4:49 AM UTC+11 h
Nurmagomedov and Dvalishvili reportedly questioned by police following Abu Dhabi hotel brawl thenationalnews.com (again) ↗
Nov 14, 7:02 PM UTC+3 d
Merab Dvalishvili urges Abu Dhabi authorities to release men arrested over hotel brawl gulfnews.com (again) ↗
Nov 15, 3:29 AM UTC+3 d
Merab Dvalishvili and Saba Lazishvili steal the show at RAF Abu Dhabi after hotel brawl arrests thenationalnews.com (again) ↗
Nov 15, 7:33 AM UTC+4 d
10 convicted, 8 jailed over Abu Dhabi hotel brawl — Daniel Cormier's fight week chaos ends in court - El-Balad.com el-balad.com ↗
Nov 15, 11:54 AM UTC+4 d· you’re reading this
MMA fighters jailed after Abu Dhabi hotel lobby brawlaljazeera.com (again) ↗

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cross sourcepending33%

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source diversitypending50%

Average source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national

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WorldPulse AI Digestai✓1h ago

MMA fighters jailed after Abu Dhabi hotel lobby brawl Ten people have been convicted by the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court over a brawl in a hotel lobby.

Reliability

59%

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Risk Score

low risk