Khabib Nurmagomedov has been chasing a fight with Georges St-Pierre for some time. That hasn’t changed after Nurmagomedov successfully defended his belt with a submission defeat of Dustin Poirier at UFC 242.<\/p>\n
\u201dGeorges St-Pierre is great guy, great champion, great athlete,\u201d Nurmagomedov said at the UFC 242 post-fight press conference (via MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s very good example for young kids. If he want to come back, if he feel hungry, if he feel he can improve his legacy with fight with me … and he can make 155, I am waiting for him. And I think maybe he like new belt? If he likes, I can give him, just only for one photo. But then he has to give me back this belt. But if he wants to fight? Welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n Nurmagomedov also discussed fighting Georges St-Pierre at a future UFC event in Africa \u2014 for charity.<\/p>\n \u201dThey build this arena in two months,\u201d Khabib said. \u201cIf UFC has big big fight, they can build this arena in Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, whatever. Fight there, make money, do some charity stuff. UFC can do this. I\u2019m gonna do this if they want to support this. Why not?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dFor example, Africa is in very bad situation without water, lot of people dying because they don\u2019t have just drinking water,” Nurmagomedov continued. “We don\u2019t have this problem but millions of people have this problem. Why not? We can do this. Let\u2019s go. If the UFC can support this, I\u2019m going to support this too. Maybe I can fight with Georges St-Pierre. GSP is very big star. They can build this arena in next three months, and maybe January, February, March, we can fight in some place like Congo, why not? And all money that we make, we can use on charity in Africa or something.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dLike this, I think they make $50 million, $40 million?\u201d Nurmagomedov concluded \u201cEven if they make $30 million dollar, one night and give this all money for people.\u201d<\/p>\n UFC Dana White also fielded questions at the UFC 242 post-fight press conference, and was asked if he was interested in a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and the currently retired Georges St-Pierre.<\/p>\n It’s hard to say if his answer was genuine or sarcastic.<\/p>\n That pause… pic.twitter.com\/ETmwim9t5N<\/a><\/p>\n — Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n