Khabib opens with the infamous accumulation at Conor McGregor Fight

Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed what happened during two press infamous with Conor McGregor before their fight to UFC 229 and gave his point of view on the “lifestyle” of his former adversary.

The legend of the dagestani MMA and McGregor shared an ardent meeting in New York The 30th anniversary of Nurmagomedov in September 2018, when the fighter known as “notorious” was on a characteristic form.

A few days before the fight, which took place in October, Nurmagomedov then made the front page of the newspapers by leaving before McGregor arrived at another press conference before the fight – and the revered retiree says that he left after having made his thoughts on the clear timing for the promotion of President Dana White.

Lack # UFC229 Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor Pressher last night?

We had the highlights for you… 🔥 pic.twitter.com/rkklmi8q04

– UFC Europe (@ufceurope) September 21, 2018

Khabib vs McGregor: “If I jump it, there are guards”

“It was my birthday,” said Nurmagomedov The Hustle Show of his state of mind on the puffy of McGregor during the previous press conference.

“I said,” There are two weeks left – what is the point of talking to him now? ” We couldn't even answer in the language he was talking about. “If you answer him now, they won't let us fight.”

“I mean, if I jump it, there are a million security agents there. That's exactly what he wanted – he wanted me to lose control.

“In my head, I focused on gaining weight and did not hurt myself, because I still had 10 days of hard to come.

“Ten additional days to push hard – it was my plan. I had to do it, then make weight and fight. And above all, he had to do it too, so that we can really fight.

“Everything else – everything he said – was freedom of expression, especially in America.”

Conor McGregor press conferences: “I had to be there”

Mcgregor Insulted Nurmagomedov in a typically diatriber style in New York, bringing White to call the champion of the two weights – who had no title at the time – the “best of all time” to “Mental Warfare”.

“When I entered, I already knew: no matter what he says, I will not react, because it is a press conference, not a fight,” said Nurmagomedov.

“I don't need [to] Wait anyone. “”
—Khabib nurmagomedov opens the press conference of the UFC 229 without Conor McGregor. pic.twitter.com/su3fofgb3t

– ESPN (@espn) October 4, 2018

“We came here to speak – if not, don't come at all. If you come, then don't say “respect me” or “only say good things about me”.

“It's not just bad, it makes no sense. Sometimes I look at these false press conferences. The guys sit there, saying “don't insult me”, “don't talk to me”.

“In this case, do not present yourself. If you have come, treat it. You have to find a way to manage it. There is different approaches. This fight has exploded in the world, so I had to be there.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov: “Why listen to McGregor?”

Nurmagomedov, who submitted McGregor to the fourth round as part of a light reign of almost three years during an undefeated career, said that he had the right to leave the October press conference.

“When I had the opportunity not to be there, I took it,” he said. “I didn't want to be there anyway. Sitting there by listening to the cursed guy and all that, we cannot afford to do that.

“At the very least, it is not desirable. You are just sitting there, having to listen to him for an hour, and there were only three days before the fight

“I had weight to cut and everything was planned per minute. You go behind the scenes and wait – everyone was supposed to be there at 2.30.

“According to the calendar and the contract, the press conference takes place from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., I think. No delay authorized.

“I introduced myself and asked if he had arrived. They said no, and someone said:” He's not even gone yet. He will probably be late. “

“I said” Aha “. I know my rights, I read my contracts.

“So I'm sitting there in the locker room. I didn't say anything to anyone. And I think myself:” When it stays five minutes, I will say that I don't do it. “”

“There are five minutes left,” I will sit for 10 to 15 minutes. If he doesn't show up, I got out. I said “prepare the cars”.

“They started to say this and that, then I told the producer” I stay until 3.15, then I leave. I will not be there – you will not be able to hold me.

“Then he went to Dana. Dana came to me and I said, “I will stay for 15 minutes. Then I leave. I remember the live flow.

“So I sat there and he did not happen. I left. It turns out that he arrived as half an hour later. I still had weight to cut Thursday – why sit down and listen to it? ”

Conor McGregor did all his waste speaking during the press conference.

Khabib has done all his waste to speak while demoralizing the hell of Conor.

In addition, I find him Hella funny that the UFC released this the day after Conor's birthday. 💀

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– Omer Osman (@ omerosman200) July 15, 2024

UFC 229: Khabib “perfect” against McGregor

The victory of Nurmagomedov preceded a mass fight that burst into the crowd of the T-Mobile arena of Las Vegas, but the 36-year-old man believes that he entered the meeting “with a perfect psychological state”.

“During the weighing, he acted again,” he recalls. “I thought” wait – we will see each other tomorrow.

“Everything I did, I realized that I had done everything well. If you looked at when we entered and during the Stardedown before the fight, when the referee brought us, [McGregor] didn't even look at me anymore.

“Everything he did to this point, he realized that it did not work. It stopped working, and now he had to fight.

“He should count on skills against skills, not psychology. At that time, I was solid, I was there. ”

McGregor vs Khabib “went beyond sport”

Nurmagomedov doubts that a UFC event will never attract as much attention as its rivalry with McGregor, which created one of the most profitable payment events of all time.

The icon known as the `The Eagle '' looks at the Spanish featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, as too many” good guys “to create a genre crossing animosity.

GOOD, @Teamkhabib left the press conference because Conor McGregor did not appear in time # UFC229 pic.twitter.com/lj7er41n9f

– Mike Bohn (@Mikebohn) October 4, 2018

“You can say that he is trying to be someone,” said Nurmagomedov, praising Topuria. “”[A comparable rivalry] is possible. The MMA is constantly evolving, after all.

“The fighters improve better and better. But if someone will generate this kind of interest, it's another story.

“So that it goes beyond sport, it's difficult to say. Our fight has exceeded the limits of MMA. I hope that we will see a great rivalry again but, in the near future, I really do not see it.

“I don't see any opponent who could generate this. Of course, the UFC will push it. They must fill this gap.

“I do not see this level of anticipation which breaks beyond the sport itself. Everything happened very naturally – this is what exploded the fight.

“It was Dana White who built this fight. That's all Dana did. I even told him that he had done a good job. ”

Nurmagomedov on McGregor: “I don't care”

McGregor beat Donald Cerrone and lost successive fights against Dustin Poirier since he was beaten by Nurmagomedov, fighting for the last time in July 2021.

“I don't even know,” said Nurmagomedov when he was asked for his point of view on McGregor, accusing the businessman, who frequently promotes his whiskey brand, of “constantly drinking” and “always hit clubs”.

“Honestly, I don't care. Sometimes I will see a title or something and I'm just going to look at it … It all depends on the type of lifestyle you live.”

Nurmagomedov won the last of his 29 victories in UFC 254 In October 2020, submitting Justin Gaethje to Abu Dhabi.