Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Conor McGregor mention Khabib Nurmagomedov like a little mouse before a trilogy duel against Dustin Poirier of UFC 264 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Sunday (11/7).
McGregor still has not accepted the resignation of Khabib’s octagon after defeating Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, October 24, 2020.
Khabib chose to retire after defending his UFC lightweight title three times, one of which was when he defeated McGregor by submission in round 4 at UFC 229.
In an interview session with the media ahead of UFC 264, The Notorious got a question about Khabib. However, McGregor admitted that he did not care about the Russian fighter.
“I really don’t care about the guy, I’m honest with you. I mean he ran, he left,” McGregor told BT Sport. Sportskeeda.
In his career in MMA Khabib set an unbeaten record in 19 fights, with 13 of them in the UFC.
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A total of 4 fights were carried out by The Eagle in the struggle for the lightweight championship belt. These records make Khabib a new star of the UFC.
In fact, not only became number one in the lightweight class, after the UFC placed Khabib at the top of the pound for pound rankings.
However, all of Khabib’s achievements are still nothing in McGregor’s eyes. Only three times defending the championship belt then retiring made Khabib considered McGregor like a rat.
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“What did he do? He didn’t do anything for the sport, that’s my opinion. Three wins before he retired and everything. A bit of running in and out, showing his true character.
“It’s not that I wasn’t surprised, he rushed off like a little mouse. So I don’t care,” McGregor added.
(sry / har)
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