{"id":339017,"date":"2020-01-23T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339017"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:18:56","slug":"team-khabib-nurmagomedov-promises-special-rules-fight-with-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/team-khabib-nurmagomedov-promises-special-rules-fight-with-floyd-mayweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Khabib Nurmagomedov promises special rules fight with Floyd Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team are currently focused on a lightweight title fight with top contender Tony Ferguson, but once that\u2019s over, they\u2019re hoping for a fight with undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nurmagomedov patriarch Abdulmanap, the hope is for a special rules bout with Mayweather: 11 rounds contested under boxing rules, and a lone, 12th round contested under the full MMA rule-set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mayweather has statistics on fights of 50 wins and zero losses, he is the greatest in boxing and he wants to fight with the same champion who did not lose a single fight, with Khabib,\u201d the elder Nurmagomedov told <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/sport\/7553259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tass.ru<\/a> (via Google Translate). \u201cEverything is fine, but now we have Tony Ferguson on the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said a long time ago: let us finish with Tony, after that we will work with [the team of Ukrainian boxer Vasily] Lomachenko for six months, then there will be a boxing fight,\u201d Nurmagomedov added. \u201cWe offer any day anywhere, with only one condition: 11 rounds in boxing and one in mixed martial arts. We will stand 11 rounds against the best boxer, so why not go one round according to the rules of MMA with us? But all things will happen after Tony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently a perfect 28-0 in MMA. He\u2019ll look to improve to 29-0 against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 this April in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Mayweather, meanwhile, is 50-0 as a pro boxer. While he\u2019s ostensibly retired, he\u2019s long been teasing a comeback. Perhaps this could be the opportunity to convince him to strap his gloves on once again.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this plan from Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team? Do you think Floyd Mayweather will bite? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section down below.<\/p>\n<p><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 1\/23\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team are currently focused on a lightweight title fight with top contender Tony Ferguson, but once that\u2019s over, they\u2019re hoping for a fight with undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. According to the Nurmagomedov patriarch Abdulmanap, the hope is for a special rules bout with Mayweather: 11 rounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":324843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10114,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast 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