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Before and after 2018. UFC Lightweight Champion on October 6 Chabibas Nurmagomedovas defended his title against Conorą McGregorąThey said a lot about each other, and the two wrestlers had quite different career paths.
Nurmagomedov has once again forced one of the most dangerous lightweight fighters, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje, to surrender, while McGregor only once defeated 37-year-old veteran Donald Cerrone, enraged UFC authorities and had to wait a year before. will be able to enter the cage.
Already next weekend, C. McGregor will face the fight against Dustin Poirier, and before this duel there is no discussion about the future of the lightweight championship title, when Ch.Nurmagomedov announced the end of his career. Nurmagomedov himself is also on the “battle island” where the next three UFC tournaments will take place and has already spoken with UFC president Dana White, but so far we have not received any confirmation of the end of his career. or another fight.
Meanwhile, C. McGregor is doing the usual before everything fights: he communicates with the media and announces his future fight.
ESPN reporter Ariel Helwani had the opportunity to speak with C. McGregor, to whom the Irishman said that Churmagomedov was afraid to fight him a second time and explained why.
“I think Chabib is afraid to fight me. And that’s true, but I don’t blame him. For the first time, I fought his best version, while I was in my worst version that night. He knows it, his team knows it too. I have an answer on how to destroy it, “McGregor said.” It just came to our attention then. I am who I am and I am on top. “
Helwani asked McGregor if he thought Nurmagomedov had finished his career because he was afraid to face him: “Yes, I think so.” In my opinion, he is not a true fighter. How can you leave when you have so many wonderful fights that can still happen? Brothers Díaz, Ferguson, Oliveira, revenge against me … I think it is useless to leave. But on the other hand, he had problems in the family and is as it is. I wish you the best”.
The full interview with Helwani and McGregor will be released on January 17.
“I think he’s scared to fight me. That’s for sure and I don’t blame him. I fought the best of him that night, he fought the worst of me that night.”@MMANews saying @arielhelwani he has “the answer” to “destroy” Khabib Nurmagomedov. pic.twitter.com/sH0SoNZflm
– ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 15, 2021
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