Morocco: King Mohammed VI involved in the “grace” granted to Ottman Azaitar?

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The king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, would he have acted as part of a pardon in favor of Moroccan MMA champion Ottman Azaitar, brother of Abu Bakr Azaitar, a boxer recently suspended for a doping case? Everything leads to believe it. Explanations.

Expelled in January from the UFC for violating Coronavirus health protocol, Moroccan MMA champion Ottman Azaitar ultimately remained there. This is what its president Dana White said, who decided to give him “a second chance” to practice his sport. Faced with this good news, Ottman Azaitar could not help but express his joy and gratitude. “Surround yourself with great people. I am always grateful to everyone who was involved in this situation. The bulldozer is back, ”he wrote on Instagram.

By balancing “Surround yourself with great people”, all minds turned to King Mohammed VI, announced very close to the Azaitar family. Especially since we know that it took the intervention of a very influential authority to convince the president of the UFC to review his position on the sanction imposed on Ottman Azaitar, whose brother, Abu Bakr, has , been suspended for doping and excluded from boxing competitions worldwide.

Note that Ottman Azaitar was scheduled to face Matt Frevola at UFC 257. However, the fight did not take place, because, the day before, Dana White reported that Azaitar had come into contact with an individual outside the bubble. of the UFC, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The Moroccan allegedly tried to help others enter the UFC’s reserved safety zone, in violation of quarantine measures linked to the Coronavirus pandemic. It cost him his immediate eviction from the premises by the UFC.

Now 30 years old, the Moroccan bulldozer has 13 victories in professional fights. He won by first round knockout his first two fights in the UFC, defeating Teemu Packalen on his octagon debut at UFC 242, laurels complemented last September by a 93-second TKO from Khama Worthy in of a UFC Fight Night event.

Although he does not yet have a fight in prospect, Ottman Azaitar, now hopes to find opponents, to permanently close this parenthesis of the suspension.