{"id":325056,"date":"2019-09-11T08:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325056"},"modified":"2019-09-11T08:42:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:42:51","slug":"manager-denies-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-is-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-denies-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-is-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager denies Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson is next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov has vanquished Dustin Poirier, the expectation is that he will fight Tony Ferguson next, or perhaps Conor Mcgregor<\/a> if Ferguson is unavailable.<\/p>\n

According to Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz, however, neither Ferguson nor McGregor is likely to be next for the lightweight king. Instead, the manager says Nurmagomedov is more likely to battle retired former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody really cares about what Tony says,\u201d Abdelaziz told TMZ<\/a> (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cNobody gives a (expletive) really. As far as I know, GSP is next. That is what I want. Tony doesn\u2019t get what he wants. We get what Khabib wants, and if Khabib calls me and says he wants Georges St-Pierre, Georges St-Pierre will be next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdelaziz went on to share his belief that this is a fight both Nurmagomedov and St-Pierre want. He also gave his take on why this fight should precede Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorges is my friend for 10 years, and I know Georges wants to fight Khabib,\u201d Abdelaziz said of a Nurmagomedov vs. St-Pierre fight. . \u201cIf you\u2019re going to compare Tony Ferguson, he beat a whole bunch of guys, but he never been a champion. I\u2019m talking about if Khabib is going to fight for legacy, a fight with Georges St-Pierre will be a huge fight. Dana White is a business man. That\u2019s why he\u2019s the best promoter of all time. I think him and Georges St-Pierre make a lot more money and more headlines. People will care more. It\u2019s a fight for who is the greatest of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Abdelaziz claims Nurmagomedov and St-Pierre both want this fight, it seems that fans are getting more and more ravenous for a long-awaited fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson, which has been scheduled four times previously to no avail.<\/p>\n

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