{"id":41197,"date":"2026-10-22T04:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Nina-Drama-denies-being-forced-to-wear-hijab-for-Movsar-Evloev-interview-203297"},"modified":"2026-10-22T04:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:03:46","slug":"nina-drama-denies-being-forced-to-wear-hijab-for-movsar-evloev-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/nina-drama-denies-being-forced-to-wear-hijab-for-movsar-evloev-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nina Drama denies being ‘forced’ to wear hijab for Movsar Evloev interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nina-Marie Daniele says she wore a hijab for her interview with
\nMovsar
\nEvloev<\/a> out of respect.<\/p>\n

Evloev is scheduled to challenge Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a> for the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> featherweight title at
\nUFC 333<\/a> on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Daniele\u2019s
\ndecision to wear a hijab while interviewing the Muslim fighter drew
\ncriticism online, prompting her response.<\/p>\n

Nina-Marie Daniele explains why she wore a hijab for Movsar
\nEvloev interview ahead of UFC 333<\/h2>\n

During the interview, Evloev said his religious beliefs would
\nprevent him from looking at her if she were dressed less modestly.
\nDaniele defended her choice, explaining that she wanted to make him
\ncomfortable. She also said participation in her interviews is
\nvoluntary and that no one forced her to wear the hijab.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day it\u2019s always about respect,\u201d Daniele wrote on
\nX. \u201cI have so much respect for all my Muslim friends. I love
\nlearning about cultures and I\u2019m so grateful for the UFC for giving
\nme the opportunity to travel the world. Some people are offended
\nand that\u2019s fine, this came from a place of respect and wanting to
\nbe able to make Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> comfortable in our interview. My interviews are not
\n\u2018mandatory\u2019 and never were, the fighters that show up show up
\nbecause they want to and I was in no way shape or form \u2018forced\u2019 to
\ndo anything. Thank you to Movsar and his team for giving me the
\nopportunity to show the fans a different side of him! I\u2019m so happy
\npeople are enjoying the interview!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n

At the end of the day it\u2019s always about
\nrespect. I have so much respect for all my Muslim friends. I love
\nlearning about cultures and I\u2019m so grateful for the UFC for giving
\nme the opportunity to travel the world. Some people are offended
\nand that\u2019s fine, this came from a place of respect and wanting to
\nbe able to make Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> comfortable in our interview. My interviews are not
\n\u201cmandatory\u201d and never were, the fighters that show up show up
\nbecause they want to and I was in no way shape or form \u201cforced\u201d to
\ndo anything. Thank you to Movsar and his team for giving me the
\nopportunity to show the fans a different side of him! I\u2019m so happy
\npeople are enjoying the interview!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nina-Marie Daniele (@Ninadrama)
\nOctober 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nina-Marie Daniele says she wore a hijab for her interview with Movsar Evloev out of respect. Evloev is scheduled to challenge Alexander Volkanovski for the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title at UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Daniele\u2019s decision to wear a hijab while interviewing the Muslim fighter drew criticism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}