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UFC 249: Khabib hits back at Conor McGregor – ‘he’s like old prostitute, his time is done’
- UFC lightweight champion takes exception to McGregor saying ‘I’m in shape to fight right now’
- ‘He wants attention,’ says Khabib, as Irishman goads old rival and teases Tony Ferguson bout
Khabib Nurmagomedov chases down Conor McGregor in their UFC lightweight championship bout at UFC 229. Photo: AFP
When it comes to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, it’s clear time doesn’t heal all wounds.
Unsurprisingly, McGregor had his say after Khabib appeared to withdraw from his UFC 249 fight against Tony Ferguson, citing logistical problems of getting out of Russia.
The Irishman said his old rival “chickened out” and tried to goad him on social media by asking the UFC lightweight champion to “add me in” to his Instagram Live session on Thursday.
“You know what I feel, he look like old prostitute who want attention,” Khabib said in an interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. “His time is done. Just tell him, and that’s it.”
McGregor had teased fans hoping he might possibly step in as a late replacement for the undefeated Russian against Ferguson when he tweeted “I’m in shape to fight right now”.
Ferguson appears open to the suggestion, saying “nobody deserves that ass whooping besides two people, McNuggets [McGregor] and Team Tiramisu [Khabib]”.
“Tony always is gonna be there, but I no understand this guy [McGregor] talk about he’s in good shape,” Khabib added. “When I smash him last time he says my foot is bad, or something like this. How is he in good shape now? When I smash his face and he tap, he says it was my bad shape. Now we talk about ‘I am good shape, I can come in’.
“A couple of days ago he says people take care of family, be safe, government ask us stay home. Now he talk about ‘I’m good shape, blah, blah, blah, someone have to fight’. I know this is fake. I was always real. Maybe someone like, maybe someone don’t like. This is not my job.
“He go to some island and sit home all day scared about this coronavirus, but he don’t talk about this. What happened October 6, 2018, when you have six months training camp before the fight? You do everything what you can and you come inside the cage. You talk a lot of bad things before the fight, six months you train very hard and you tap like chicken, What are you talking about, ‘I’m in good shape’.
“He never can do nothing with me. Inside the cage he is zero. When we fight, what did he do? Everybody talk about his stand-up – I give him whole round, and I stand with him.”