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Nurmagomedov Vows to Never Fight in UFC Again Without Title Shot After UFC 205
- Updated: October 5, 2016
Khabib Nurmagomedov is the latest UFC contender to feel slighted by the perceived special treatment of Conor McGregor, and he is willing to take drastic measures to express his discontent.Nurmagomedov is scheduled to face Michael Johnson at UFC 205 in New York on Nov. 12. On that same card, Eddie Alvarez will defend the lightweight crown against McGregor in the evening’s headliner at Madison Square Garden. For a brief period, it appeared that Nurmagomedov, not McGregor, would get the title shot. It was even announced on UFC Tonight that the promotion was targeting Alvarez vs. Nurmagomedov for UFC 206 after the champion missed the deadline to sign a bout agreement for UFC 205. Instead, Alvarez-McGregor was signed, and Nurmagomedov is none too happy about how things played out. “I’m a little bit upset because I already had two contracts to fight for the title at 205 and UFC 206. I signed both of them and after that the UFC makes this bullsh—t decision,” Nurmagomedov said on Sirius XM’s “The Luke Thomas Show”. “I’m a little bit upset but it’s okay. Sometimes sh— happens, you know…” …
