Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t have a personal grudge against Dustin Poirier but that won’t stop the UFC interim lightweight champion from suffering the same fate as Conor McGregor.
Recently, the undefeated Russian faced off with Poirier for the second time ahead of their showdown in Abu Dhabi on Sept. 7. The title unification bout will headline UFC 242 with Nurmagomedov looking for a second defense of his lightweight championship while Poirier hopes to unify the titles after winning the interim belt in April.
Unlike the very personal nature of his last fight against McGregor this past October, Nurmagomedov holds no ill will towards Poirier whatsoever but he predicts the outcome will be eerily the same.