Khabib Nurmagomedov seemed to have some words chosen for Conor McGregor after the Irishman’s knockout loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Saturday night.
Nurmagomedov did not seem surprised by the fight, tweeting that a similar result would happen to anyone who changed teams. He did not mention McGregor by name in the tweet, but the disagreement between the two contestants is still alive and well.
“It happened, when you change teams, you leave the sparring that made you champion and sparring with young children, far from reality”, he tweeted.
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McGregor was alerted to the tweet at the post-fight press conference with reporters and insisted that nothing had changed in his corner.
“My team has been with me since the first day. I haven’t changed anything. It is what it is. Respect the athletes and that is the character of the man for sure, behind the mask. Whatever. What does he want to do? do you want to go back or not? Because he’s not kicking his legs. I got up off the floor against Dustin and turned to Dustin. Look at the pockets of this sequence. As I said, styles make fights. Each fight is a different fight, “said McGregor, via MMA Fighting.
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“That’s why all this prestige and all the people try to hold on. I don’t cling to it. If someone has several wins or several losses. Every fight between each man is different and that’s it. Dustin’s style only influenced him today and he has the durability, he has the experience and he has a kick in his arsenal now. I’m going to adjust and continue. “
McGregor added that the UFC lightweight champion’s comments were “fight talk” and if he wanted to make “disrespectful comments”, he should go back and fight.
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Nurmagomedov retired with an undefeated record of 29-0 after beating Justin Gaethje. It is not clear whether he will return. UFC President Dana White told reporters that it didn’t look promising that Nurmagomedov would return after two lightweight fights at UFC 257.