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Conor McGregor Responds To Khabib Nurmagomedov & Tony Ferguson

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has finally broken his silence on two UFC stars calling him out for a title fight. Those stars are interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and title contender Khabib Nurmagomedov. It’s been well documented that Ferguson let everyone know his take on Nurmagomedov scoring a ruthlessly dominant win over Edison Barboza […]

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UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has finally broken his silence on two UFC stars calling him out for a title fight.

Those stars are interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and title contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.

It’s been well documented that Ferguson let everyone know his take on Nurmagomedov scoring a ruthlessly dominant win over Edison Barboza in the co-main event of the PPV portion of UFC 219.

This was after Nurmagomedov went on record by saying that he wanted to fight both Ferguson and McGregor in the same night.

Ferguson captured the interim UFC lightweight title in October with a third-round submission over Kevin Lee at UFC 216.

McGregor, who won the UFC lightweight title in November of 2016 with a second-round knockout of Eddie Alvarez, has not competed in the Octagon since UFC 205. Instead, he took part in his professional boxing debut in a blockbuster contest against Floyd Mayweather. McGregor lost to Mayweather via 10th round TKO.

McGregor took to his official Twitter account to respond to these fighters. He wrote the following:

“That Dagestani was dog shit the other night you’s are all nuts. Game full of sloppy bums asking to be slept. Pay me my worth and Kings back. Truly truly truly get on your fucking knees and beg me. Otherwise I don’t give a bollox.

My whiskey is out this year and thats Diddy bread. And that’s Diddy bread on top of already Diddy bread. Now get your Diddy’s out and beg.”

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Five Biggest Takeaways From UFC 219

UFC 219 closed out the year for the world’s leading MMA promotion, and while their weren’t many finishes to speak of, fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cris “Cyborg” turned in stellar if not career-defining performances. From Nurmagomedov’s absolute domination of Edson Barboza to what could have been Carlos Condit’s last fight, let’s break down what […]

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UFC 219 closed out the year for the world’s leading MMA promotion, and while their weren’t many finishes to speak of, fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cris “Cyborg” turned in stellar if not career-defining performances.

From Nurmagomedov’s absolute domination of Edson Barboza to what could have been Carlos Condit’s last fight, let’s break down what we’re left with after another night of fights.

Photo: Tom Szczerbowski for USA TODAY Sports

5. Carla Esparza Isn’t Done At The Top

Former women’s flyweight champion Carla Esparza may be several years removed from being a title holder, but on Saturday she proved she’s still a top contender at 115 pounds.

”The Cookie Monster” took the fight to Cynthia Carrillo, who entered the bout as the prohibitive favorite. Esparza used her wrestling and savvy veteran know-how to get past Carrillo, who was clearly the bigger fighter between the two.

And Esparza holds a submission win over the current women’s flyweight champ Rose Namajunas from back in 2014, and with the woman who brutally took the belt from Esparza out of the picture for now, any victory could put her in the title mix at 115 pounds.

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Khabib Reveals Ultra-Ambitious Plans For 2018

Touted UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally answered the questions about his health by thoroughly destroying top striker Edson Barboza (full highlights here) in the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., December 30, 2017) UFC 219 from Las Vegas. It a refreshing site to see for many MMA fans, as the uncrowned champion at 155 pounds had […]

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Touted UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally answered the questions about his health by thoroughly destroying top striker Edson Barboza (full highlights here) in the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., December 30, 2017) UFC 219 from Las Vegas.

It a refreshing site to see for many MMA fans, as the uncrowned champion at 155 pounds had seen much of the previous three years dissipate due to a long streak of unfortunate injuries followed by a botched weight cut heading into his interim title bout with Tony Ferguson at March’s UFC 209.

After the bout, “The Eagle” proclaimed he would fight both Ferguson and official champion Conor McGregor on the same night if the UFC allowed, something that obviously won’t be coming true. So in terms of actually possible goals, Nurmagomedov offered a detailed plan about how he’s going to make up for time lost. With his weight cutting issues supposedly a thing of the past, Khabib said he’s now the healthiest he’s ever been, and that has him prepared to fight three times next year:

“I never have problem with weight cut,” Nurmagomedov said. “My problem, my number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard. I’m not training like other UFC fighters. I’m training so hard and my training partners know, my close people know about this, and the last couple of years I tried to change something and I think I do this very well and I changed a lot of things, but I never have problem with weight cut. Now I’m healthy. For this camp, I’m in my healthiest period ever, like everywhere I’m healthy, inside, outside, knees, back, everything is healthy and when I begin this training camp I feel good and this is why I make weight.

“When I’m healthy, I always make weight, but now I hope next year I’m gonna stay busy, stay healthy, no injuries, and I want to fight April, May, before Ramadan. After, I want to fight September and I want to fight December. This is my plan. I want to fight in 2018, three times.”

After having competed only three times since defeating Rafael dos Anjos in April 2014, fighting three times in one calendar seems quite ambitious based on the injury rate at his American Kickboxing Academy gym.

But Khabib is healthy now, and that’s all we can go off of. He also looks more dominant and smothering than ever, prompting talk that he may be the most fearsome 155-pound fighter in MMA despite two champions technically being ranked above him.

Do you believe he will easily top McGregor and/or Ferguson? Will he actually be healthy enough to fight either one of them?

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Khabib Denies he Has Weight-Cutting Issues, Plans Three Bouts in 2018

Khabib Nurmagomedov is just about as flawless a fighter as they come, yet, one of the only criticisms most have of the Dagestani is his ability to manage his weight Having seen his bout with Tony Ferguson at UFC 209 canceled just hours before both were…

Khabib Nurmagomedov is just about as flawless a fighter as they come, yet, one of the only criticisms most have of the Dagestani is his ability to manage his weight Having seen his bout with Tony Ferguson at UFC 209 canceled just hours before both were due to fight, Nurmagomedov was the subject of reports […]

Tony Ferguson Responds to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Callout

Unbeaten Dagestani superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov offered to fight both UFC interim-lightweight titlist Tony Ferguson and lightweight champion Conor McGregor in the same night following his dominant win over Edson Barboza Nurmagomedov put on a scintilla…

Unbeaten Dagestani superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov offered to fight both UFC interim-lightweight titlist Tony Ferguson and lightweight champion Conor McGregor in the same night following his dominant win over Edson Barboza Nurmagomedov put on a scintillating performance in the co-main event of UFC 219 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. Following the […]

Tony Ferguson Reacts To Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Impressive UFC 219 Win

There were a lot of fighters, fans, and media reports which were impressed by Khabib Nurmagomedov’s victory over Edson Barboza at UFC 219. However, don’t make the mistake of counting interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson as one of those fighters who thought highly of the rising prospect. After the event ended on Saturday night […]

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There were a lot of fighters, fans, and media reports which were impressed by Khabib Nurmagomedov’s victory over Edson Barboza at UFC 219.

However, don’t make the mistake of counting interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson as one of those fighters who thought highly of the rising prospect.

After the event ended on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ferguson let everyone know his take on Nurmagomedov scoring a ruthlessly dominant win over Barboza in the co-main event of the PPV portion of the card.

He responded to a tweet that the UFC sent out on Twitter that quoted Nurmagomedov’s claims of wanting to fight both Ferguson and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor in the same night.

This led to the interim UFC champion saying that he would take care of both of his divisional rivals next year then move up to welterweight to take a second division title.

Ferguson wrote the following on his official Twitter account:

“Don’t Care If The @ufc Approves, I’ll Cut @TheNotoriousMMA … Drop @TeamKhabib & Move Up To Welterweight Either B4 Or After I’m Done w/ This Division & Rid It Of The Trash At The Top. Pollution Has Accumilated Over The Years, Time To Clean House #DefendOrVacate???-TheeChamp.”

If you recall, Ferguson captured the interim UFC lightweight title in October with a third-round submission over Kevin Lee at UFC 216. UFC officials attempted to book Ferguson vs. Nurmagomedov earlier this year at UFC 209. Unfortunately, the fight was canceled the day before the event due to a botched weigh cut by Nurmagomedov.

In regards to McGregor, who won the UFC lightweight title in November of 2016 with a second-round knockout of Eddie Alvarez, has not competed in the Octagon since UFC 205. Instead, he took part in his professional boxing debut in a blockbuster contest against Floyd Mayweather. McGregor lost to Mayweather via 10th round TKO.

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