Security breaks up heated hotel run-in between undefeated UFC rivals

Security had to separate Tommy McMillen and Marwan Rahiki during their run-in at the fighter hotel days before their clash.

McMillen (11-0) and Rahiki (9-0) are set to collide in a highly anticipated matchup of undefeated Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweights at Noche UFC 4 on Sept. 12 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Bad blood is brewing between the two unbeaten 145-pounder prospects and they’ve taken several shots at one another before fight week. McMillen previously said he’s ready to brawl with Rahiki in a parking lot and doubts whether the Moroccan would be ready to do the same.

The American now claims to have already had a run-in with Rahiki inside an elevator at the fighter hotel. McMillen says he was with his brother and his striking coach when he met Rahiki, who had eight teammates with him.

“I popped up here in the elevator and that’s the first kid I saw,” McMillen said at Noche UFC 4 media day. “He was there with eight of his teammates and I’m sitting here with my little brother Jono and my striking coach, JJ. I got right in his face; he tried to touch me, I pushed him right out of my face. I told him he looks like a scrawny little b*tch, Saturday night I’m gonna make him look like my little brother… Security had to break it up. I don’t like that kid; he doesn’t like me. He thinks it’s all fun and games. I’m the kid that would actually fight this kid in a parking lot. He’s not like that at all; he’s a p*ssy. I’d assume he’s not stupid enough to think this is an act. I kind of just punked him in the elevator with eight of his friends and showed him it’s not an act. I’ll fight him in front of his whole f*cking team. This kid’s not on the same level as me.”

Footage of the altercation shows both parties trading barbs and gently shoving each other while officials try to separate them. Both McMillen and Rahiki have two finishes each in as many UFC outings. While McMillen has finished 10 of his 11 career wins, Rahiki has never seen the judges’ scorecards in his nine career wins.