{"id":282073,"date":"2018-08-02T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282073"},"modified":"2018-08-02T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:27:00","slug":"video-khabib-nurmagomedov-says-for-conor-mcgregor-fight-they-have-to-pay-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/video-khabib-nurmagomedov-says-for-conor-mcgregor-fight-they-have-to-pay-me-too\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov says for Conor McGregor fight &#8216;They have to pay me too&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khabib Nurmagomedov has given an update on his proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> 229 fight with Conor McGregor. And he wants a new contract to fight &#39;The Notorious&#39;. Full video, which comes via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamglyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adamglyn<\/a>, available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WiCbbkAGI0\">https:\/\/t.co\/WiCbbkAGI0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7vpeL8GCYI\">pic.twitter.com\/7vpeL8GCYI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chisanga Malata (@Chisanga_Malata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chisanga_Malata\/status\/1025119948027428864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If they wanna make money fight, they have to pay me too, you know? I&#8217;m not going to give him chance like about&#8230;use my name and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor [McGregor]<\/a> make money, UFC make money and I make $200,000&#8230; No way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If they want like I fight my current contract, I can fight but okay, give me [Dustin] Poirier. I&#8217;m gonna follow my contract but if they wanna use my name and use me to make money, Conor and UFC, no way.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The next possible lightweight championship bout could very well end up being one of if not the biggest fight in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p>That likely next fight being the grudge match between Russia&#8217;s first ever UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and the former champion at lightweight and featherweight, the first Irish UFC champion, Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>All signs have pointed at this being next for each man and Dana White has even claimed that it&#8217;s being worked on. As has the managers of each fighter.<\/p>\n<p>What comes with a McGregor fight along with all the attention is, of course, all the money.<\/p>\n<p>Something that\u00a0Nurmagomedov is wanting to make sure he&#8217;s paid for before this fight is made official. Specifically how much he is looking for appears to be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/manager-khabib-nurmagomedov-deserves-at-least-10-million-for-conor-mcgregor-fight\/\">at least $10M according to his manager Ali Abdelaziz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is most recently coming off of his big cross-sport boxing payday from his match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>As for\u00a0Nurmagomedov, if he can&#8217;t get the agreeable amount for the bout then he is all fine with moving on to continue building a legacy.<\/p>\n<p>With Tony Ferguson still on the mend, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-on-fox-30\/ufc-on-fox-30-results-dustin-poirier-mauls-eddie-alvarez-in-the-second-video\/\">the emergence of Dustin Poirier<\/a> has provided for a very logical next option atop the 155-pound division.<\/p>\n<p>Many have speculated that we&#8217;ll be getting the announcement tomorrow at the UFC&#8217;s big 25th-anniversary press conference where plenty of other big year-end bouts will surely be announced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 8\/2\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov has given an update on his proposed #UFC 229 fight with Conor McGregor. 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Full video, which comes via @adamglyn, available here: https:\/\/t.co\/WiCbbkAGI0 pic.twitter.com\/7vpeL8GCYI &mdash; Chisanga Malata (@Chisanga_Malata) August 2, 2018 &#8220;If they wanna make money fight, they have to pay me too, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":282075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10114],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov: for Conor McGregor fight &#039;They have to pay me too&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The next possible lightweight championship bout could very well end up being one of if not the biggest fight in UFC history.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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