{"id":272743,"date":"2018-03-19T06:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272743"},"modified":"2018-03-19T06:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:31:21","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-fires-back-at-kevin-lee-he-has-very-small-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-fires-back-at-kevin-lee-he-has-very-small-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov fires back at Kevin Lee: &#8220;he has very small heart&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December, in the co-main event of UFC 219, undefeated UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov authored yet another win, this time at the expense of striking specialist Edson Barboza. Nurmagomedov could not have been more dominant in this fight, grinding Barboza into dust for three, one-sided rounds. Yet in the opinion of fellow contender Kevin Lee, he didn&#8217;t actually look that impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, who is set for his own fight with Barboza in April, has repeatedly criticized Nurmagomedov&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jwz2td\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t too impressed with Khabib,\u201d Lee said at a media scrum in the lead-up to UFC 222 (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/3\/19\/17137710\/morning-report-khabib-nurmagomedov-says-tony-ferguson-fight-revealed-kevin-lee-has-very-small-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m gonna do ten times the work on Edson&#8230; Khabib looked terrible in that fight. He was just barreling straight forward like a tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Nurmagomedov has responded to Lee&#8217;s criticisms. In his opinion, Lee&#8217;s last fight \u2013 a third-round submission loss to Tony Ferguson \u2013 revealed he&#8217;s lacking in the heart department.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qI5Thy\">\u201cHe wants to be tough but he has very small heart,\u201d Nurmagomedov told Megan Olivi on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Unht8OWXsU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Exchange<\/a>. \u201cVery small heart. When he fought with Tony Ferguson, between second and third round, you guys can watch his face and understand everything. Face never lie. His eyes &#8211; when Tony Ferguson talks about, \u2018This is my night!\u2019 his face agrees with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Lee <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-kevin-lee-tony-ferguson-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">recently divulged<\/a> that he believes Nurmagomedov will lose his UFC 223 lightweight title fight with Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Tony will be better all around, and be able to wear down on Khabib, and then he\u2019ll go out there, he\u2019ll beat the hell out of Conor [McGregor], and I think I\u2019m [going to] squeeze my way up in there one way or another,&#8221; Lee said on a recent episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-66-kevin-lee-stephen-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, there is no love lost between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kevin Lee.<\/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 3\/19\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December, in the co-main event of UFC 219, undefeated UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov authored yet another win, this time at the expense of striking specialist Edson Barboza. 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