UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated former two-division champion Conor McGregor via a neck-crank on Sunday at UFC 229, but that’s just one part of the story. Finishing McGregor off after a dominant performance inside the octagon, Khabib snapped over a heated argument with Conor’s team-mate Dillon Danis and jumped outside the cage to stir […]
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‘You can’t confine an eagle to a cage and I showed them that’: Khabib on post-fight melee
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov spoke for the second time after his UFC post-fight melee on Sunday. For the Eagle, the fight against two-division champion Conor McGregor was personal, and if there was any doubt about it, what Khabib did after smashing Conor must have made it all crystal clear. After cranking the former 2-division champion […]
VIDEO: Young Khabib Nurmagomedov grapples a bear
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was talk of the town on Sunday as he decimated Irish superstar Conor McGregor and stirred a brawl outside the octagon at UFC 229. The 30-year-old was praised for his dominant performance against one of the greatest fighters of all time, but was also criticised for his post-fight antics. Some, […]
Twitter reacts to Khabib beating McGregor, post-fight chaos
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov passed the biggest test of his career with flying colours as he beat former 2-division champion Conor McGregor at UFC 229. This, however, did not end there. After getting the tap via a neck-crank, a fired-up Khabib went on to exchange heated words with Conor’s team-mate Dillon Danis, who said […]
UFC 229 – Khabib vs McGregor: Make your predictions
We are just five days away from the biggest fight in UFC history as Lighweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former 2-division champion Conor McGregor ready themselves to ‘maul’ one another. The two have longed for a dance inside the octagon, and when they do so on October 6, the world will be watching. What adds […]
GSP wants to fight winner of Khabib-McGregor
Former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight champion Georges Saint Pierre has said that he would be interested in fighting the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor. Saint Pierre said that while speaking to the media that he would fight in the Lightweight division and against the winner of the bout between defending champion Khabib and […]
5 reasons why Khabib beats McGregor
UFC sent shock-waves across the globe as it launched the promo of a mega-fight between Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champion Conor McGregor, ultimately announcing that the fight is going to take place on October 6 at T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas. The fight was announced after the end of UFC’s quarterly press […]
Islam Makhachev — a champion in the making
Islam Makhachev overpowered Canada’s Kajan Johnson in the latter’s hometown via a sublime armbar in round 1 of a prelim bout at UFC Calgary, improving his impressive record to 16-1 overall and 4-1 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Makhachev’s latest win was his second consecutive first round finish. Earlier this year, he knocked Brazil’s […]
‘I will change his face’, Khabib reveals plans for McGregor fight
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib the Eagle Nurgamomedov on Sunday said that he ‘will change’ ex-champ Conor McGregor’s face when the two face one another inside the octagon in a possible bout later this year. Speaking to a post-UFC Calgary conference in Canada, Khabib said that he is more than willing to fight McGregor because it has […]
Khabib on why he did not ‘smesh’ McGregor in Russia
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and ex-Champ Conor McGregor both attended the FIFA World Cup final in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are both inside the Luzhniki Stadium for the #WorldCupFinal.https://t.co/5hETpRioCShttps://t.co/7p93OTOJdg pic.twitter.com/iJrCItvrgm — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 15, 2018 When asked about why he didn’t confront Conor McGregor while […]