Given Khabib Nurmagomedov’s history of encountering trouble with his weight, Conor McGregor’s striking coach, Owen Roddy, admitted the Russian’s battle with the scales “could be a concern” ahead of UFC 229.
Roddy underlined that the team are putting Nurmagomedov’s previous weight struggles to the back of their heads ahead of the Oct. 6 date.
“It could be a concern, yeah. It has happened before,” Roddy told Peter Carroll on MMA Fighting’s Eurobash podcast. “Don’t focus on what is out of your control, you can only focus on what you have control over.