{"id":364358,"date":"2020-10-12T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=364358"},"modified":"2020-10-12T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:43:07","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-coach-tuf-against-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-coach-tuf-against-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov explains why he turned down the opportunity to coach TUF against Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov explained why he turned down the opportunity to coach TUF against Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-shoots-down-tuf-coaching-offer-opposite-conor-mcgregor-claims-rematch-will-never-happen\/\">UFC president Dana White recently revealed that the promotion was hoping to book Nurmagomedov and McGregor to coach against one another on its reincarnation of The Ultimate Fighter<\/a>. The UFC hasn&#8217;t filmed a season of TUF for two years now but the promotion has made it known that it is bringing the reality show back, and White and the UFC matchmakers have been looking for the coaches. Nurmagomedov and McGregor would make for great TV, making it a natural fit for them to be the coaches on the show.<\/p>\n<p>However, White said that Nurmagomedov is the one who turned down the idea of facing McGregor on TUF. In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1315809117894836226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>, &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; explained why he said no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Ultimate Fighter with him. This is good attention for him. I don\u2019t want to give him this. I never give him this, even if they gave me $5 billion dollars. Even if they give me UFC (ownership), I\u2019ll never do this. This is good attention for him,&#8221; Nurmagomedov said his rationale for turning down the TUF gig (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/10\/khabib-nurmagomedov-tuf-29-conor-mcgregor-coach-vs-five-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov said that since he already beat McGregor back at UFC 229, he isn&#8217;t interested in him any longer. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-drops-ideal-timeframe-for-gsp-superfight\/\">The UFC lightweight champion has made it clear in the past that he hopes for a superfight with Georges St-Pierre before he retires from the sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDone. Everything is done. October 6 (at UFC 229), I finished him and I finished everything about him. I had new challenges \u2013 Dustin Poirier, now, Justin Gaethje. We\u2019ll see who\u2019s going to be next but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be Conor McGregor,&#8221; Nurmagomedov said.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Khabib Nurmagomedov made the right decision turning down the coaching gig on TUF against Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov explained why he turned down the opportunity to coach TUF against Conor McGregor. UFC president Dana White recently revealed that the promotion was hoping to book Nurmagomedov and McGregor to coach against one another on its reincarnation of The Ultimate Fighter. The UFC hasn&#8217;t filmed a season of TUF for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":324326,"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 SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Khabib Nurmagomedov explains why he turned down the opportunity to coach TUF against Conor McGregor | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov explained why he turned down the opportunity to coach TUF against Conor McGregor.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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