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UFC Champion Calls Out Khabib In Viral Tweet

There has been a never-ending string of opinions in the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s ill-timed brawl following his UFC 229 main event win over Conor McGregor. The UFC’s biggest-ever pay-per-view event last Saturday (Oct. 6, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, was supposed to be ‘The Eagle’s’ crowning achievement. In one way […]

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There has been a never-ending string of opinions in the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s ill-timed brawl following his UFC 229 main event win over Conor McGregor.

The UFC’s biggest-ever pay-per-view event last Saturday (Oct. 6, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, was supposed to be ‘The Eagle’s’ crowning achievement. In one way it was, as he submitted former two-division champion McGregor. However, that potentially historic win was marred by his actions shortly thereafter.

Khabib leaped into the crowd to fight McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis, inciting a wildfire of violence. Three of Khabib’s teammates then scaled the cage and assaulted the Irish superstar. The bad blood definitely stems from McGregor’s infamous Brooklyn bus attack, and that’s understandable.

However, UFC 229 provided the stoic Khabib with the opportunity to shut McGregor up in the Octagon. He did that. But his normally soft-spoken style was uprooted by his actions. One UFC champion believes Khabib should not have allowed McGregor’s disrespect to change his own actions.

That man is middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. “Bobby Knuckles” sent a well-liked tweet Khabib’s way containing a deep quote about respect:

A Good Point

The 185-pound ruler has a good point. Nurmagomedov spent the majority of the build-up to UFC 229 keeping his mouth shut even though he probably wanted to explode inside.

Khabib accomplished his ultimate goal and dominated McGregor from pillar to post. There was no need to stoop to his level and commit outside-the-cage violence. The commission presiding over UFC 229 is not impressed and admitted that in a recent statement.

Khabib and McGregor will both face a complaint from the NSAC for their parts in the melee. The champion’s situation seems to be a bit more dire as the commission withheld his purse. Dana White doesn’t believe the NSAC should keep his whole $2,000,000 or strip him of the title. Khabib’s punishment is very much up in the air.

He’s soared up the UFC pound-for-pound rankings in the meantime.

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McGregor’s Coach: Khabib Is ‘The Boogeyman’ At All Divisions

John Kavanagh is doing everything in his power to make sure Conor McGregor shows up to UFC 229 rust-free.

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It’s been almost two years since Conor McGregor has fought inside the UFC’s Octagon.

Back in November 2016, McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez for the 155-pound championship. That was the last time we saw the Irishman in the cage. The MMA megastar decided to take some time off and participated in a big-money exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.

Now, with a new champion at lightweight, McGregor is itching to get back to the top of the UFC world. He’ll fight Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229 next month in Las Vegas. “The Eagle” is a dominant 155-pound champion that has yet to lose in his fighting career.

It’s quite a difficult thing for McGregor to return to after two years on the sidelines. In that regard, McGregor’s head coach, John Kavanagh, recently said in an interview with The MacLife that he’s providing a training camp that is attempting to prevent the dreaded “ring rust”:

“I think it’s how you approach training – I think if your gym environment and how you compete in the gym is very separate from how you compete – then for sure there will be ring rust,” Kavanagh said.

“But if you’re regularly putting yourself in stressful types of sparring situation, which is the best we can get in the gym environment, it more resembles competition then. So, Conor – specific for this training camp we have had a lot of very intense training sessions, sparring sessions – and it’s done in the environment he’s going to compete in.

“We have spectators for a lot of the spars – so we’re trying to make the training environment mimic as close to the competition environment so there isn’t as much as a disconnect between the two of them.”

The Undefeated Champion

Kavanagh also talked about the appeal of handing “The Eagle” his first career defeat.

Nurmagomedov is the only undefeated champion in the UFC at the moment. For the McGregor camp to take that away would be a major feather in their cap:

“Absolutely. I think it’s no mystery to say that Khabib is the boogeyman at all divisions at the moment. There isn’t another unbeaten champion that I can think of. And just that constant, aggressive wrestling style – for anyone that’s tough to face. So to actually beat that guy, the guy that everybody is saying is unbeatable, it’d be a huge feather in the cap to do that.”

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UFC Strawweight Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk Gets Thumb Surgery, Expects 2015 Return

Joanna Jedrzejczyk, the UFC women’s strawweight champion and maybe the most exciting fighter to break onto the big stage this year, underwent thumb surgery on Friday. The news came early on Friday in a post published to Jedrzejczyk‘s official Instagram account (h/t MMA Junkie): The bad news: This will keep Jedrzejczyk out of action longer than was […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk, the UFC women’s strawweight champion and maybe the most exciting fighter to break onto the big stage this year, underwent thumb surgery on Friday. The news came early on Friday in a post published to Jedrzejczyk‘s official Instagram account (h/t MMA Junkie): The bad news: This will keep Jedrzejczyk out of action longer than was […]

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Conor McGregor Spits Fire on UFC 189 Call, Says Win Makes Him Rightful Champ

The UFC 189 media conference call had one star. It’s Conor McGregor’s world, Conor McGregor says. And July 11 is a mere formality. The oddsmakers and, you know, real life will have their say on that, but there’s no question McGregor stole the show on a call with MMA reporters Wednesday. Chad Mendes—announced a day […]

The UFC 189 media conference call had one star. It’s Conor McGregor’s world, Conor McGregor says. And July 11 is a mere formality. The oddsmakers and, you know, real life will have their say on that, but there’s no question McGregor stole the show on a call with MMA reporters Wednesday. Chad Mendes—announced a day […]

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The Rock Vows to Take UFC Heavyweight Champ Fabricio Werdum Out…to Lunch

Dwayne Johnson, known to WWE fans by his ring name The Rock, is a very busy man. That said, he managed to carve out some time in his schedule to call out UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum…to a nice lunch. Check out his Sunday post on Twitter (via UFC’s Twitter account): Looking forward to #Ballers […]

Dwayne Johnson, known to WWE fans by his ring name The Rock, is a very busy man. That said, he managed to carve out some time in his schedule to call out UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum…to a nice lunch. Check out his Sunday post on Twitter (via UFC’s Twitter account): Looking forward to #Ballers […]

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NSFW: UFC Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk Leaves Jessica Penne a Bloody Mess in Berlin

Joanna Jedrzejczyk needed a big win at UFC Fight Night 69 in Berlin in order to justify the hype she has been receiving. Man, oh man, did she get it. Facing former Invicta FC atomweight title holder Jessica Penne, the champ showed off her lethal striking skills from bell to bell, battering the challenger until she was […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk needed a big win at UFC Fight Night 69 in Berlin in order to justify the hype she has been receiving. Man, oh man, did she get it. Facing former Invicta FC atomweight title holder Jessica Penne, the champ showed off her lethal striking skills from bell to bell, battering the challenger until she was […]

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