{"id":268965,"date":"2018-01-29T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268965"},"modified":"2018-01-29T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:41:00","slug":"manager-claims-khabib-nurmagomedov-retire-next-two-bouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/manager-claims-khabib-nurmagomedov-retire-next-two-bouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager claims Khabib Nurmagomedov could retire after next two bouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 7, in the main event of UFC 223, UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and undefeated contender Khabib Nurmagomedov will battle for gold. Of course, there&#8217;s been some question as to whether they&#8217;ll be fighting for Ferguson&#8217;s interim belt, or the undisputed lightweight title, which would first have to be vacated by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X_dccrFB9EI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, Nurmagomedov&#8217;s manager Ali\u00a0Abdelaziz assured that this UFC 223 lightweight title fight will indeed be for the undisputed strap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn fight night, Khabib will fight for the undisputed lightweight belt,\u201d declared Abdelaziz. \u201cMy demands have been fulfilled. I can give a sh*t what everybody asks, what everybody\u2019s saying. I don\u2019t care if Conor\u2019s stripped [or] not stripped. I know that April 7, Khabib will fight for the lightweight belt and Conor\u2019s belt will go in the trash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps even more interestingly,\u00a0Abdelaziz suggested that, after fighting Ferguson, Nurmagomedov might seek out a bout with McGregor, and then hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna beat Tony. We\u2019re gonna stop Tony in three rounds. Khabib\u2019s probably gonna retire undefeated because he\u2019s gonna beat Conor, he\u2019s gonna beat Tony, and he\u2019s probably gonna say \u2018Bye-bye.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdelaziz also touched on Nurmagomedov&#8217;s recent assertion that, if he becomes the undisputed lightweight champ, he might not give McGregor an immediate title shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhabib said he\u2019s gonna make the motherf**ker wait,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what he told me, word for word. \u2018When I beat Tony, Conor\u2019s got to get in line or he can go fight\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/fighter\/365\/nate-diaz\">Nate Diaz<\/a>\u00a0or somebody and make some money.\u2019 [Khabib] said he\u2019s gonna make the division right. At the end of the day, he said Conor\u2019s gonna have to beg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn April 7, El Cucuy\u2019s gonna get an ass-whooping and maybe Conor, maybe we\u2019ll give him a crack. You see all his b**ch-ass coaches saying \u2018Oh, Conor will knock out Khabib in the first round.\u2019 Motherf**ker, you should have fought Khabib when you were supposed to fight him, when you said you wanted to fight him in Russia!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Khabib Nurmagomedov?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/29\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 7, in the main event of UFC 223, UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and undefeated contender Khabib Nurmagomedov will battle for gold. 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