During a recent visit to Kazakhstan for a seminar and Q&A session, Khabib Nurmagomedov told a funny story about an encounter he had with a drunkard at a coffee shop in the United States. According to the undefeated UFC lightweight contender, the drunken man was looking for trouble until he realized whom he had stumbled upon.

"I had an incident in America,” Khabib explained during a recent interview (H/t ToFight.ru). “When I was standing at the cash register, there is a drunken man bothering those who stood in front of him. He stood in front of me. When he came to me, I told him "Calm down, I'm a professional fighter."

According to Khabib, his blunt self-introduction quickly sobered the man up, as he began to realize his mistake. Even the Dagestani native admit that he was more lenient on the man than he would have been back home.

“In the Caucasus, we do not talk and say I am a man, leave me alone,” Khabib added. “In America, I have to say it. Because if I fought there, then I would have to answer before the law. You could put me jail. I warned him, and he abruptly sobered up. I told him ‘I am a professional fighter. I can break your face. You have to calm down.’”