{"id":269017,"date":"2018-01-30T05:48:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T13:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269017"},"modified":"2018-01-30T05:48:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T13:48:06","slug":"al-iaquinta-reveals-amount-hed-need-paid-accept-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/al-iaquinta-reveals-amount-hed-need-paid-accept-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta reveals the amount he’d need to be paid to accept fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Iaquinta has finally worked out his pay gripes with the UFC \u2013 at least for the moment. He is set to return to the cage in a rescheduled bout<\/a> with Paul Felder at UFC 223 on April 7.<\/p>\n

Al Iaquinta discussed his new contract on the latest episode of The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me what I wanted,\u201d Iaquinta said (h\/t MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cThey gave me exactly what I asked for.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me just enough so I don\u2019t give a shit when I get in there,” Iaquinta continued. “I won\u2019t be holding anything back. I\u2019m getting paid enough to where I\u2019m scary. When I\u2019m in that state of mind, there\u2019s a problem.”<\/p>\n

“They gave me just enough to where I get in there and I don\u2019t give a shit. I\u2019m not tapping out to a choke like some of these guys who are getting paid a lot of money. I\u2019m going for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Iaquinta is to take bigger fights with bigger names in the lightweight division, however, he and the UFC will likely need to return to the negotiating table. If he’s expect to face Khabib Nurmagomedov, for example, he’ll need a serious raise.<\/p>\n

\"Khabib<\/p>\n

“I can guarantee you Conor [McGregor]<\/a> is not coming back to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov,” Al Iaquinta said. “Guaranteed. And I don\u2019t blame him, I wouldn\u2019t either. You\u2019d have to pay me $1 million dollars right now to fight that fucking guy. I don\u2019t want to fight that fucking guy, did you see what happened to [Edson] Barboza? Are you fucking nuts? You want to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to pay me to fight that guy. Now if you paid me I\u2019d go in there and freaking fight him, but, Barboza got paid 70, whatever he got paid. Get the fuck out of here, that\u2019s silly, your nuts. The guy is like, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

How do you think Al Iaquinta will look in his return to the cage?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/30\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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