UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were both in attendance at Luzhniki Stadium for the World Cup final in Moscow, but anyone hoping for some sort of direct interaction between the two will have to wait.
From Nurmagomedov’s perspective, any confrontation would have been a waste given that they are not officially signed to fight each other despite constant rumors that the two are on a collision course. He told Championat that he’s much more interested in meeting McGregor in the Octagon than rubbing shoulders with him at a football match.
“I thought I’d meet McGregor at the Luzhniki Stadium,” Nurmagomedov said (transcription and translation per Express.