Seeing how it all went down, you can say that Khabib Nurmagomedov had a near-flawless performance against Conor McGregor at UFC 229 in 2018. Save for that third stanza when he slowed down and arguably dropped the round, “The Eagle” led the dance for the most part until the fourth round finish.
But according to the undefeated champion, he made one uncharacteristic mistake during that fight. He spoke to UFC veteran Din Thomas about it during the most recent episode of Dana White’s Lookin’ For a Fight YouTube series.
“I don’t like to give people damage.