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Khabib Says He's Not Interested in Ending UFC Retirement to Fight Charles Oliveira

The allure of a fight with Charles Oliveira isn't enough to lure Khabib Nurmagomedov out of his retirement from UFC.

Khabib addressed his future in an interview with ESPN's Brett Okamoto.

Okamoto threw out the idea of one day taking on Oliveira, who claimed the lightweight championship after defeating Michael Chandler at UFC 262 in May, if Oliveira ran through the rest of the 155-pound division.

"I'm gonna say at that time it was Khabib's time. Now it's Charles' time," Nurmagomedov said beginning at the 21:24 mark. "I'm not going to just jump to the media and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna come back and fight with this guy.