Conor McGregor declared that Khabib Nurmagomedov would have died if he had stepped off the bus during the Irishman’s attack at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn during UFC 223 fight week.
“The Notorious” and lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov, faced off for the first time since the Brooklyn bus attack Thursday at the UFC 229 press conference at Radio City, New York.
The Dubliner claimed that putting a “bad beating” on the Russian for what transpired in Brooklyn was partly what motivated his return to the Octagon after nearly two years away from MMA.