Khabib Nurmagomedov asks for fight the 'whole world is waiting for' against Tony Ferguson
- from MMA Junkie on Dec 30, 2016
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Once again, top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov is not pleased with the UFC.
After UFC president Dana White confirmed that 145-pound champ Jose Aldo (26-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) had indeed made a request to face Khabib Nurmagomedov that was denied by the lightweight’s father, Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) took to social media to express his dissatisfaction with the mentions of Aldo’s name.
“It is clear to everyone that you hiding Conor (McGregor, UFC lightweight champion) from me,” Nurmagomedov said on an instagram post that ended with the hashtag “telltruthtopeople.” “But stop lying to your fans like I don’t want fight with Aldo, I’m ready to fight with anyone in my division.”
Nurmagomedov then reiterated his request to face fellow top contender Tony Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) – a matchup that White had shot down on Wednesday, citing Ferguson’s requests for equal compensation as reason.
“Give me relevant fight, so you won’t be able to hide the belt from me after,” Nurmagomedov said. “But not the fight, where people say after my victory: he is too small, Khabib too big for him etc. I’m asking you for match that whole world is waiting for, give me Tony.”
The case for an interim title fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson, respectively ranked No.2 and No.3 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings, is not a particularly hard one to make.
But, just in case, Nurmagomedov made sure to add one final point.
“You have never matched up two guys with 9 and 8 win streak in UFC,” Nurmagumedov said. “NEVER IN UFC HISTORY.”
Check out Nurmagomedov’s original post bellow:
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