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- Updated: May 26, 2016
CURITIBA — Renato Carneiro defeated Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision Saturday night at UFC 198, and he credit his opponent’s fans for the extra motivation he got leading up to the featherweight contest.
Carneiro, who was returning to action a year and a half after tapping Tom Niinimaki in his promotional debut, was attacked by hundreds of Russian fans on social media.
“I only have 1000 followers on Instagram, but I got 100 comments in Russian per day over the past month saying ‘Zubaira will kill you! Zubaira will kill you! Zubaira will kill you!’” Carneiro told the media after the win. “After that, Russians fans …
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