{"id":286533,"date":"2018-10-02T07:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286533"},"modified":"2018-10-02T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:17:12","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-believes-his-manager-would-choke-out-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-believes-his-manager-would-choke-out-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov believes his manager would choke out Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the first UFC 229 press conference, which went down late last month in New York City, Conor McGregor did everything he could to get inside the head of his upcoming opponent Khabib Nurmagomedov \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-javier-mendez-feels-conor-mcgregor-crossed-line-with-trash-talk-but-khabib-nurmagomedov-was-not-affected\/\">though the jury is still out on whether or not he was successful.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amid his verbal assault on Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor even unleashed some scurrilous comments about the Russian&#8217;s manager, Ali Abdelaziz.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, Khabib Nurmagomedov assured that McGregor&#8217;s comments to Abdelaziz didn&#8217;t phase him. He said that McGregor can take it up with Abdelaziz himself \u2014 though he risks getting choked out if he&#8217;s not careful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not politic, you know,\u201d Nurmagomedov said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/10\/khabib-nurmagomedov-plan-for-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m professional athlete. If he have problem with my manager, he can talk with him. He tried to catch me with something like this; he\u2019ll never catch me. He can fight with my manager, my manager 100 percent going to choke him \u2013 he\u2019s a black belt from Renzo Gracie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he have a problem my manager, talk with him,&#8221; Nurmagomedov added. &#8220;I don\u2019t have a problem with his manager, or with his father, or with someone. I have problem with him. I\u2019m going to fight with him. Talk with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Khabib Nurmagomedov says, his beef is with Conor McGregor and nobody else, and he intends to settle that beef in brutal fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot just win \u2013 smash,\u201d Nurmagomedov said of what he plans to do to McGregor.\u00a0\u201cSmash. Smash everything. Submit, beat \u2013 heart, mind, everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive days, we have to wait,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd after, we will see who is the real champ. Who is the real king and who is the real Burger King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s comments on Conor McGregor? 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