Manager: Khabib will probably retire after Ferguson and Conor
Manager: “Khabib’s probably gonna retire undefeated because he’s gonna beat Conor, he’s gonna beat Tony, and he’s probably gonna say ‘Bye-bye.’”
#2 UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov’s extraordinarily controversial manager, Ali Abdelaziz, spoke recently with TMZ Sports about the league’s confused 155 division.
On fight night, Khabib will fight for the undisputed lightweight belt, said Abdelaziz, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. My demands have been fulfilled. I can give a s*** what everybody asks, what everybody’s saying. I don’t care if Conor’s stripped, not stripped. I know that April 7, Khabib will fight for the lightweight belt and Conor’s belt will go in the trash.
We’re gonna beat Tony. We’re gonna stop Tony in three rounds. Khabib’s probably gonna retire undefeated because he’s gonna beat Conor, he’s gonna beat Tony, and he’s probably gonna say ‘Bye-bye.’
If Conor McGregor is stripped of the lightweight belt, according to his manager, Notorious will have to wait in line for a title shot.
Khabib said he’s gonna make the motherf***er wait, said Abdelaziz. That’s what he told me, word for word – ‘When I beat Tony, Conor’s got to get in line or he can go fight Nate Diaz or somebody and make some money.’ [Khabib] said he’s gonna make the division right. At the end of the day, he said Conor’s gonna have to beg.
On April 7, El Cucuy’s gonna get an ass-whooping and maybe Conor, maybe we’ll give him a crack. You see all his b****-ass coaches saying ‘Oh, Conor will knock out Khabib in the first round.’ Motherf***er, you should have fought Khabib when you were supposed to fight him, when you said you wanted to fight him in Russia!
All these dudes come out of the woodwork saying, ‘Conor would beat this guy’ but Conor’s a b****. Let’s be real. Conor only fought guys he can beat. This guy’s such an attention whore he posted this, ‘Oh, I’m gangster.’ He’s the farthest thing from being a gangster. He’s not. He’s just a lucky mother****er. He’s promoted himself very well, and good for him. Every bit of money he made, he earned. I respect in in this aspect but as a fighter I don’t respect him because the best fighters in the world should fight the best and he never fought the best.
It is challenging to square Abdelaziz’s remarks with reality. If Jose Aldo wasn’t the best at 145 before McGregor beat him in 13 seconds, then who was? However, a manager’s job is to get paying asses in seats in front of his fighter, and Abdelaziz appears to be doing that just fine.
