Khabib Nurmagomedov has several opponents in mind for his next fight, but Conor McGregor isn’t one of them.
“Right now, if you guys ask me, of course [McGregor] no deserve title shot,” Nurmagomedov recently told Submission Radio. “He lose. He tapped. It wasn’t a close fight. I dominated him everywhere in every aspect. I beat him. Like I told, I smashed him. Why we need rematch?”
Nurmagomedov soundly defeated McGregor at UFC 229, defending his lightweight crown via fourth-round submission at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 6. After the bout, the Dagestani jumped out of the Octagon to attack McGregor training partner Dillon Danis, sparking a post-fight melee that included McGregor and members of both camps.