If you ask Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach, Conor McGregor has not gotten inside the UFC lightweight champion’s head — and he never will.
American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez told MMAFighting.com that he talked to Nurmagomedov about McGregor’s pre-fight antics as soon as the UFC 229 title fight was a done deal. Mendez said he warned Nurmagomedov that McGregor would do anything he could to mentally break him before the fight. He told the Russian not to worry about anything McGregor says or does leading up to the event.
“I said, ‘Look, he’s gonna play with you, he’s gonna hit every button, he’s gonna hit religion, politics, family.