Despite his recent retirement announcement the beef between Conor McGregor and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov remains alive and well.<\/p>\n
‘Notorious’ and ‘The Eagle’ collided for the promotions<\/a> lightweight world title in October of 2018 at UFC 229, with the undefeated Russian emerging victorious by way of fourth round submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ever since then, Conor McGregor has been clamoring for a rematch against his arch nemesis in Khabib. However, the Irishman eventually settled on a welterweight bout with Donald Cerrone for his comeback. That contest occurred at January’s UFC 246 event in Las Vegas, and saw McGregor emerge victorious in less than a minute.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Khabib Nurmagomedov was expected to square off with Tony Ferguson at UFC 249, but the Covid-19 pandemic threw a wrench into those plans. Instead, Justin Gaethje would replace ‘The Eagle’ on short-notice and wound up putting on a dominating performance against Ferguson to claim the promotions interim lightweight strap.<\/p>\n One of Khabib’s cousins, UFC welterweight Abubakar Nurmagomedov, recently mocked Conor McGregor on Instagram with the following post captioned “This is like the Coronavirus. You can’t breathe.”<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CByissQFQ3C\/<\/p>\n Abubakar’s attack on McGregor was rather confusing given the fact that he referenced a world wide disease that his Uncle (Khabib’s father) was recently battling for his life against<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite the bizarre choice of attack, Abubakar’s post did receive a rebuttal from Conor McGregor. The Irishman returned fire by suggesting that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father’s “battle with Covid-19” was nothing more than a “cover up” for ‘The Eagle’.<\/p>\n Conor McGregor has claimed Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s father\u2019s battle with COVID-19 was a \u201ccoverup\u201d to hide his \u201clack of activity\u201d and \u201cpulling out of fights.\u201d <\/p>\n I\u2019m lost for words. I truly am. <\/p>\n What\u2019s your thoughts on this latest jibe in the pair\u2019s never-ending feud? #UFC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BrDHrqZtaV<\/a><\/p>\n — Chisanga Malata (@Chisanga_Malata) June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n