In their latest ongoing quarrel Khabib Nurmagomedov has called Conor McGregor a “lowlife.”
He was speaking to RT Today, the UFC lightweight champion had choice words for his bitter rival, who he has been battlin in a nasty social media spat all week.
McGregor posted a photo tweet of Nurmagomedov and his wife, calling her a “towel” on Wednesday. Nurmagomedov then responded by calling McGregor a “rapist,” a reference to a sexual assault allegation recently reported by the New York Times. McGregor later replied to say there was “a goat under the towel.” Both of McGregor’s posts have been removed from Twitter.
That just shows what kind of lowlife he is’: Khabib responds to McGregor’s ‘insults’
Nurmagomedov then looked back at the time he dropped McGregor with a violent overhand right punch in the second round of their UFC 229 brawl, before submitting him for good with a tight neck crank.
He said: “Inside the cage, he didn’t say anything. When I was hitting him in the face with my elbows and knees, when I said ‘let’s talk,’ he didn’t respond.
“And now, when he is thousands of kilometers away, he is saying things. That just shows what kind of lowlife he really is.
“I have no problem with that, because when we were one on one in the cage, when he was on the floor he didn’t speak to me, and that is what really matters.”
Nurmagomedov did say ‘let’s talk’
Nurmagomedov can be heard on video saying “we’re talking” and “let’s talk now” while he pounds McGregor on the ground during their 2018 fight. The only time McGregor really responds is to seemingly say, “It’s only business.”
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Nurmagomedov retained his UFC title with by a win over McGregor, however, this the victory did not settle the rivalry. Rather than celebrate the win, Nurmagomedov mounted the fence and charged at McGregor’s cage-side friend Dillon Danis. While that was going on, members of Nurmagomedov’s team invaded the cage and exchanged punches with McGregor.
Both fighters were sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the roles they played in the post-fight riots. While McGregor is free to fight again from April 6, Nurmagomedov is suspended until June and is set to return in S
McGregor abruptly announced his retirement from mixed martial arts (MMA), shortly after demanding an equity stake in the UFC from the company president Dana White last month. However, he appeared to announce his return to the Octagon on Thursday when he tweeted: “Now see you in the Octagon.”
White previously said his dream fights for McGregor’s comeback included a Floyd Mayweather rematch in MMA and a Nurmagomedov rematch.
It remains to be seen whether McGregor will be thrust back into a challenging fight after suffering back-to-back losses in combat sports.
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