Khabib Nurmagomedov is the latest UFC contender to feel slighted by the perceived special treatment of Conor McGregor, and he is willing to take drastic measures to express his discontent.
Nurmagomedov is scheduled to face Michael Johnson at UFC 205 in New York on Nov. 12. On that same card, Eddie Alvarez will defend the lightweight crown against McGregor in the evening’s headliner at Madison Square Garden. For a brief period, it appeared that Nurmagomedov, not McGregor, would get the title shot.
It was even announced on UFC Tonight that the promotion was targeting Alvarez vs.