Awkward moment UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov snubs Kate Abdo's handshake for religious reasons live on TV
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Kate Abdo was involved in an awkward exchange with Khabib Nurmagomedov live on TV
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Abdo was snubbed by a handshake from the UFC legend for religious reasons
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Abdo was joined in show by usual suspects Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards.
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The match ended in a record-breaking defeat as
Paris
Saint-Germain thrashed
The quartet was joined by special guests
Nurmagomedov embraced each member of the crew before Abdo, 43, held out her hand in a greeting.
However, the unbeaten UFC star declined the offer by holding his hand on his chest instead, with Abdo quickly reclining it and offering an apology as she welcomed him to the show.
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The reason for this is due to the 36-year-old's religious beliefs as a devout Sunni Muslim.
In Islam, it is a forbidden to touch a member of the opposite sex that they are not related to.
A similar incident occurred back in 2020 with fellow MMA fighter Cynthia Calvillo, who revealed that Nurmagomedov refused to directly train with her.
She explained to theScore: "It's a little bit weird because of their religion... they won't train with women.
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"(Khabib) is still showing technique and stuff like that. So I still get to watch it.
"But it doesn't bother me … because they're not really being directly rude to me."
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Fans on social media praised Abdo's response to the awkward exchange with the Dagestani native.
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One user said: "Mad respect to Kate for understanding afterwards and issuing an apology."
Another said: "Massive respect to Kate for understanding Khabib's decision and not making a fuss of it in front of other pundits."
A third added: "Love how Khabib respectfully declined Kate's handshake and she respected his approach. Love that from both of them."
Once that hurdle was cleared, Abdo asked the retired UFC fighter who he was supporting tonight, revealing he was there in support of PSG - despite him previously describing himself as a Real
Madrid
fan.
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In another crossover that nobody would have had on their Champions League bingo card, IShowSpeed was playfully confronted by Nurmagomedov about them possibly having a
race
or fight.
Carragher, who hilariously tried resorting to cheating when he lost a race against Speed - real name Darren Hawkins - asked Nurmagomedov: "Do you think you could beat Speed in a fight or a race?"
Nurmagomedov said he would be humble and conceded that Speed had the better of him in running, but declared he could easily outdo him in football IQ, before joking: "Don't forget, between us there is nobody right now."
Abdo then suggested that Richards, ever the brunt of a few jokes on the show, was the "arm wrestling champion" of CBS.
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However, before the presenter - who married boxer Malik Scott last year - could finish her sentence, the ex-England international said: "No thank you."
Before the match itself,
As Henry, Richards and Carragher groaned, Abdo pointed at Jones and added: "Look who's coming!"
Carra shouted "Anita!" before screaming as footage showed Abdo's pals David Beckham and Tom Cruise hanging out the Allianz Arena.
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Abdo then waved as she walked off set, adding: "Bye, bye, bye."
Richards asked "Is it a substitution then?" - with Abdo pausing.
The former
Richards turned to Jones and bellowed: "Finally some real funny in the studio."
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