{"id":286682,"date":"2018-10-03T08:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286682"},"modified":"2018-10-03T08:32:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:32:55","slug":"anthony-pettis-predicts-true-champion-conor-mcgregor-will-ko-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-pettis\/anthony-pettis-predicts-true-champion-conor-mcgregor-will-ko-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Pettis predicts &#8216;true&#8217; champion Conor McGregor will KO Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who battles Tony Ferguson in the UFC 229 main event, has high praise for the card&#8217;s main event fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>While Anthony Pettis currently considers the reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to be the best lightweight in the game, however, he considers the former champ Conor McGregor to be the true champion. He also expects McGregor to reclaim the title with a knockout of Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhabib [is the best lightweight],\u201d Anthony Pettis said at a UFC 229 media event on Tuesday (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/10\/anthony-pettis-khabib-best-lightweight-in-the-world-but-conor-true-champion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI think Conor wins. Knockout. I don\u2019t know what round, because Khabib gets hit and Conor has the weapon to put him away. We all saw holes in his striking game. We saw his last fight against Al [Iaquinta]. We\u2019ve seen how he performs. If he comes like that against Conor, it\u2019s over. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s motivated and I\u2019m sure Conor is motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Pettis then explained why considers Conor McGregor the true lightweight champion. In his eyes, McGregor&#8217;s 2016 win over Eddie Alvarez cements him as the legitimate champ. He never lost the title, after all, but was stripped for inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Conor\u2019s win over Eddie solidifies him as the champion,\u201d Pettis said. \u201cKhabib beat Al Iaquinta. That\u2019s just facts. The belt is where it is. They had to do it for the business \u2013 they had to move it forward. But if it was true to the game, Conor would be the champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Anthony Pettis&#8217; prediction for the UFC 229 main event? Who do you think will come out on top?<\/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 10\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who battles Tony Ferguson in the UFC 229 main event, has high praise for the card&#8217;s main event fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. 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