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Conor McGregor believes UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov should be stripped of his title if he doesn’t commit to another fight.<\/p>\n

McGregor is currently days out from a lightweight showdown with fellow contender Dustin Poirier.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Ahead of this fight, there’s quite a bit of mystery surrounding the champion Nurmagomedov, who announced his retirement in October, but still hasn’t vacated the title. While UFC President Dana White seems optimistic that Nurmagomedov will fight again, McGregor believes the champ must commit to a fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really care,\u201d McGregor said about Nurmagomedov, who he lost to in 2018, at the UFC 257 pre-fight press conference (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHe did not say [he might fight again], Dana said that. Let\u2019s just get through the fight. All these men are up here, there\u2019s plenty of challenges. It\u2019s a tough business. Things have gone on in his personal life, I don\u2019t wish him any harm. Like I said, it was in 2018, a lot of time has passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world knows this fight is not over,” McGregor continued, calling for a rematch with Nurmagomedov.\u00a0 The war is not over. The sport needs it to happen. The people need it to happen. I\u2019m not going to chase it if he doesn\u2019t want it. That\u2019s it. I\u2019ll keep my calm and move on. That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m back here at the 155-pound division. I\u2019ll show the world what\u2019s what over time and that\u2019s it. It begins on Saturday night against Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n

“What I will say is as long [Nurmagomedov and I] fight again, there will be no issue. That\u2019s it. If he continues to run, I\u2019m not sure, we\u2019ll see what happens,” McGregor added. “I would make the case if that man is continuing to dodge this and dodge the commitment of competing again, the title should be stripped and we should be engaging in a title fight,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cBut I\u2019m sure it will happen after this bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m interested to hear what the excuse is or what will be said after the fight, but I predict a title strip.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Conor McGregor? Should Khabib Nurmagomedov be stripped of his title?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor believes UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov should be stripped of his title if he doesn’t commit to another fight. McGregor is currently days out from a lightweight showdown with fellow contender Dustin Poirier.\u00a0 Ahead of this fight, there’s quite a bit of mystery surrounding the champion Nurmagomedov, who announced his retirement in October, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":274669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10114,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nConor McGregor: Khabib Nurmagomedov should be stripped of title if he continues to "dodge" fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conor McGregor believes UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov should be stripped of his title if he doesn't commit to another fight.\" \/>\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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