As we all know by now, the full-blown feud between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor was ignited by the confrontation between the UFC lightweight champion and SBG Dublin fighter Artem Lobov at UFC 223 last April. It was an altercation that pushed “The Notorious” to fly out from Dublin to Brooklyn and throw a dolly at a fighters’ bus that led to injuries and fight cancellations.
However, there is more to this story, at least according to Lobov. During his interview on The Ariel Helwani MMA Show on ESPN on Monday, “The Russian Hammer” says it was all instigated by a single word.