On Tuesday, October 4, Khabib Nurmagomedov appeared on The Luke Thomas Show to discuss a variety of topics, including his frustration with being overlooked for a long-awaited title shot. During his heated interview, Khabib revealed that he would never fight for the UFC again if he wasn’t rewarded a title fight after UFC 205, and even threatened to keep the promotion out of the Russian Federation permanently.
"UFC thinks Conor has power?” Khabib said on the show, “Ireland only has like 6 million people. I am from Russia, 150 million people. If UFC don't give me the title fight after this fight, I'm going to show how I have power in Russia and I know if I don't fight for the title next fight, UFC will never ever go to Russia.