UFC 242: Conor McGregor could have killed old man he punched in pub, says Khabib Nurmagomedov
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- ‘If you punch someone and he goes down, he can die. This just shows how he [McGregor] changes with money’
“I don’t like this guy”, Khabib said in Abu Dhabi ahead of his UFC 242 title fight against Dustin Poirier. “Because he punches old people, he’s lost his mind. Sometimes, when you‘re hungry you are different. When you have money, you become different and you have to control your emotions, you’re everything because you are a big star now.
“How can you punch old people when you are one of the best fighters in the world? You can touch people and this guy can die you know. OK, if you punch someone and he goes down, he can die. You have to control, your arms, legs, mind, mental, emotional, everything. This just shows how he changes with money.”
“Notorious” has not fought since his fourth-round submission loss last October to lightweight champion Khabib – who served a nine-month suspension after jumping out of the Octagon to attack McGregor’s jiu-jitsu coach Dillon Danis after the fight.