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Morning Report: Colby Covington wants to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov, says it would be his ‘easiest fight’

The past week has been a pretty contentious one for the UFC. In response to Conor McGregor’s retirement, Khabib Nurmagomedov likened him to “a jealous wife” and said he’d be back to the UFC before too long. Conor responded by going way over the top, directly insulting Khabib’s wife and Muslim heritage and then doubling down on it. Things went went so far sideways that Dana White said the UFC would be intervening. So with tensions at an all-time high and the UFC on the verge of having a full-blown culture war on their hands, now seems like the perfect time for known diplomat Colby Covington to insert himself into the conversation.