The delivery of Nurmagomedov’s final line was scary.
First off, Khabib Nurmagomedov looks to be training the A.K.A way.
The American Kickboxing Academy is notorious for pushing its’ fighters hard coming into fight week and it often leads to injuries that see main events and top fights get postponed.
From his interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, on Friday, ‘The Eagle’ looks to have received some clatters around the head and neck in preparation for UFC 229. Bearing some training welts and bruises, the UFC lightweight champion has spoken about how he will deal with Conor McGregor, his opponent, at the T-Mobile Arena next Saturday.
Khabib was subjected to a torrent of abuse from McGregor at the first UFC 229 press conference, in New York, and will face off with the Dubliner again on Thursday in a press conference that will be open to the public.
Following the attack on a bus carrying Nurmagomedov, by McGregor and his entourage, back in April, the tension and spotlight have been ramped up.
The Dagestani is prepared for that, he says, and the main event fight this coming weekend. Nurmagomedov commented:
“With him, I’m going to talk a little bit different. Make him humble, teach him (and) sometimes slap him; make him tired.
“When he is always tired he tries to give up, you know, and try to take you down – ‘Oh please, choke me quickly because I am very tired’ – like he did with Nate Diaz. But it is going to be a long night for him. A long night.
“I’m going to make him tired. I’m going to maul him, inside the cage.
“I’m going to ask him, ‘Hey, where is your bus? Where are your other guys? Where’s everything? Bring everybody here’.”
“We will see, we will see,” he added. “It will be interesting, sometimes you never know what you are going to say but I will talk to Dana [White] and with him. Crush his hype!”
Here's a quick clip from my sit down with Khabib Nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) on Friday. Outlining his plans for Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) next weekend. The way he delivers that last sentence … Full interview coming soon. pic.twitter.com/FdE7EfCnkE
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 30, 2018
This will be one hell of a fight-week.
