Israeli MMA star and 5th degree BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie Haim Gozali recently claimed he survived an assassination attempt in Ukraine. Known for his tenure in Bellator, Gozali, along with his son Elad and coach Ben El Hasid, faced the harrowing incident after arriving at a hotel near the Romanian border for a MMA competition.
The group managed to escape to the hotel roof and was subsequently assisted by local police, who deported them from Ukraine.
Gozali, who has a history of being outspoken against anti-Semitic rhetoric, believes the attempt on his life was due to his past controversial statements and online hostility.
He specifically pointed to threats received from prominent figures in MMA and specifically named Khabib Nurmagomedov and Khamzat Chimaev as possibly being behind this assassination attempt. Gozali’s history of provocative social media posts, including one that featured a bomb with the names of Muslim UFC fighters, has made him a target for over 100 propaganda videos.
In his social media account, Gozali expressed frustration with the local authorities, accusing them of attempting to cover up the incident by not allowing them to stay in the country or testify about the attack. He also mentioned ongoing threats from various sources and indicated that he is under security until he completes the tournament. Gozali plans to release a video detailing the incident and his subsequent fight.
Gozali stated:
Attempted murder in Ukraine:
Since I published the names of Muslim-anti-Semitic UFC fighters, I have received tens of thousands of messages threatening me in murder. They make over 150 inflammatory videos about me, but this time someone crossed the line, and they really tried to murder me.
I thought that this could not happen in Ukraine because the evil world considers Israel and Ukraine as their enemies.
I was wrong!
I tried to keep the location of the fight a secret, they didn’t need me to know what it was.There are a lot of famous people that I can think of that can sent me an assassin.
1. Khamzat Chimaev (send me a murder threat on Instagram).
2. Jack Shields (the anti-Semite who regularly incites against Israel and Jews and especially against me).
3. Khabib Nurmagomedov and the 40 Dagestan’s (I received death threats from everyone related to him, trainers and fighters signed by him, even from the night elf Hasbulla Magomedov).
4. Jeff Monson (American anti-Semite living in Russia, sent me dozens of messages and threats to kill me).
5. Kanye West, everyone knows the story, and the man has a fortune.
6. The entire Muslim world that is fans of the name in the list.
Only this time someone took the incitement one step too far, and decided to commit the worst of all attempted murders.I’m trying to get the security camera footage to show what happened there.
I think the local police are trying to cover up the issue.
I have yet to come across a similar case where victims of attempted murder are not interrogated, they are not asked to testify, their phones are taken and they are rushed to the state border.I am happy that I had two champions by my side:
Ben El Hasid and Elad Gozali,
Thanks to each other’s support, we were saved!Friends,
We are Jews, we need to spread light to the world of darkness.In the coming days I will post a video in real time.
Including my fight.
Gozali added:
I received with me the documentation from the attempted murder.
In one picture you see the terrorist shooting at the door while my son and I are in a room on the other side of the door.
In the second picture the grenade we caught on.The local police are trying to cover up the case and do not explain why really this terrorist came to our hotel.
Apparently the cover-up due to the conflict and war of the Russians against the Ukrainians on social networks, in addition to the real war between them.
The Russians claim that they tried to murder us Israelis, and the Ukrainians claim that they’re not, but it’s a random guy who came to us by mistake holding a gun, a grenade, an ax and two knives.
Who doesn’t leave the house armed like this today, and tries to murder?!
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