{"id":210271,"date":"2016-11-15T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210271"},"modified":"2016-11-15T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:40:32","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc-trying-keep-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc-trying-keep-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov: UFC is trying to keep me from a title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend in New York, undefeated Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov took to the Octagon to fight top ranked UFC lightweight Michael ‘The Menace’ Johnson. The fight, which served as just Nurmagomedov’s second fight back in the Octagon following his two-year layoff from 2014-2016, was an incredibly dominant one for Nurmagomedov, who utilized his Sambo to take Johnson down, and land absolutely brutal ground & pound shots before ultimately submitting Johnson in the third round. <\/a><\/p>\n

With the win, which impressed famed rapper Snoop Dogg<\/a>, Nurmagomedov now advances to 24-0 over the course of his professional career, and 8-0 over the course of his UFC career. During his post-fight Octagon interview, Nurmagomedov took the opportunity to call out UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Despite that, Nurmagomedov was MIA for a 1 on 1 with media members for his post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n

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He took to social media to reflect on the win, as well as the situation with the UFC, saying:<\/p>\n

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