OREANDA-NEWS. MMA fighter Amkal Khozhiev was arrested on charges of murdering a doctor Miran Ribata in Guam (USA). The cause of the accident was a dispute regarding vaccination against coronavirus. This is reported by MMAjunkie media. The court set bail at $1 million for the release of the accused.

According to the source, the 27-year-old athlete was next to Ribata's body at the time of detention. Khozhiev himself told the police that he had killed the man. According to investigators, Ribata and Khozhiev had a dispute regarding vaccination against coronavirus. It is known that the athlete has repeatedly spoken out on social networks against vaccination.

Khozhiev's last fight took place in the spring of 2017 at the M-1 Global — Road to M-1: St. Petersburg 2 tournament. In that fight, Khozhiev defeated Abdulaziz Jurabayev by technical knockout in the second round. He has two wins and no defeats to his credit.