{"id":267437,"date":"2018-01-07T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T18:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267437"},"modified":"2018-01-07T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T18:11:03","slug":"joe-rogan-heaps-praise-terrifying-lightweight-contender-world-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/joe-rogan-heaps-praise-terrifying-lightweight-contender-world-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan heaps praise on “most terrifying lightweight contender in the world” Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, in the co-main event of the stacked UFC 219, lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov improved to an insane 25-0, brutalizing the dangerous Edson Barboza to a lopsided unanimous decision victory.\u00a0With this win, Nurmagomedov stands out as the irrefutable number one contender at lightweight \u2013 whether his shot comes against interim champion Tony Ferguson or undisputed champion Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan MMA Show<\/a>, UFC color commentator Joe Rogan discussed Nurmagomedov’s position in the stacked UFC lightweight division. In his opinion, the Dagestani fighter is now the most terrifying lightweight contender in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just on such another level that the odds of beating him drop significantly after the first minute-and-a-half,\u201d Rogan said (h\/t MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cYou saw the look on Barboza\u2019s face: Two minutes in and he\u2019s trying to get up. You saw the look on his face and it\u2019s like, \u2018(expletive), how am I gong to do deal with this?\u2019 It\u2019s just so next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKhabib, after this performance, has set it up to a place where he\u2019s the most terrifying lightweight contender in the world,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cThen you have Tony Ferguson, whose a (expletive), and has the interim championship, then you have Conor \u2013 who knows what happens with him? I think the UFC\u2019s going to give him some time, let the holidays pass, see what the (expletive) happens and then make some moves.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Nurmagomedov has recently exchanged some heat with McGregor on Twitter, his manager has also asserted the current focus is on a possible fight with Ferguson.<\/p>\n

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That Dagestani was dog shit the other night you’s are all nuts. Game full of sloppy bums asking to be slept. Pay me my worth and Kings back.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n