Khabib Nurmagomedov dispatched Conor McGregor with a crank to the neck at UFC 229.
After a tough victory, the Dagestan star quickly jumped over the fence to attack McGregor’s teammate Dillon Danis. A dispute broke out between the two fighting camps, and Nurmagomedov was subsequently suspended for 9 months and fined $ 500,000. When
When he was asked about this harrowing incident at a recent press conference, Khabib Nurmagomedov stated that he would not change what happened at the TMobile Arena on October 6, 2018. The retired lightweight champion
claimed that if there were no referees , the night would be very bad for Connor McGregor.

“You saw what happened on October 6th. Remove Herb Dean and you will understand what would’ve happened. A person can die from a grip like that. If you want to, I can choke you behind the curtain and you’ll see what would’ve happened.”

“When a person strangles you and has been doing this for 30 years, this is a cold weapon. If there had been no referee, what would’ve happened? Herb Dean removed my hand, he removed my grip. We understand everything. We understand what could have been.”

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