UFC fighter accuses failed DWCS hopeful of attacking him in Thailand

Namo Fazil is at the center of several controversies after his failed bid at an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract.

Coming off a win on the inaugural Most Valuable Promotions MMA card, Fazil had a lot of hype going into his Dana White’s Contender Series outing against Kaik Brito. Fazil had also trash-talked quite a bit in the lead-up to the bout, in which Brito put him to sleep in the final round.

Robert Valentin alleges Namo Fazil tried to choke him during a confrontation in 2023
Fazil has since claimed that his performance was affected by an assault during his weight cut. He was allegedly confronted by 15 Chechens in his hotel room while cutting weight. The alleged attack was seemingly triggered by Fazil’s comments against Chechnya ahead of his win over Chechen fighter Yakub Sulimanov last year.

UFC middleweight Robert Valentin has since accused Fazil of attacking him in Thailand in 2023. Valentin had allegedly pushed away one of Fazil’s friends who had threatened to slap him. Fazil then tried to choke out Valentin, who claims to have thrown him off, resulting in a vase breaking. The cafe where the incident took place was owned by Fazil’s then-girlfriend’s mother, who threatened to call the cops on Valentin.

While the incident did not escalate after Valentin walked away, Fazil reportedly kept saying that he had choked out the Swiss fighter.

“Namo Fazil complained about getting attacked in the hotel,” Valentin said on Instagram Stories. “This motherf*cker attacked me too. But that went backwards. Phuket, 2023, probably; one of his friends told me that he’s gonna slap me in the face. So, I got up, bear-hugged him and pushed him away. Namo came out of the cafe, jumped on my back, tried to choke me, I threw him over, he fell, we broke a vase. Then his then-girlfriend’s mother, who owned the shop, told me to f*ck off or they would call the police. Nothing happened; I went away. Then later he kept telling my manager back then that he choked me out.”

Valentin also accused Fazil of attacking other people who were not trained and had no affiliation with any fighters. He even shared a video where a man can be seen threatening to stab someone with a kitchen knife. The man can be seen running towards another with a kitchen knife before slipping and falling over.

“And then coming back to complaining about being attacked -- it’s the same guy that did this to harmless people, non-fighters,” Valentin added. “People that have nothing to do with fighters. So, each gets what they deserve; karma comes back one time. Being loud, talking all that trash might sell some seats, might get you recognized, but the internet never forgets, my friend.”

UFC middleweight Robert Valentin says Namo Fazil tried to attack him when they were training in Thailand back in 2023 and says he also attacked non fighters during a separate incident.

“Watch my next video. This is the same guy that did this to harmless people” pic.twitter.com/WR7uoXMja5— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) August 20, 2026