Khabib Nurmagomedov confided in a teammate about what really happened when he got into the famous fight with Conor McGregor’s team after beating the Irishman.
On October 6, 2018, at UFC 229, inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, ‘The Eagle’ and ‘The Notorious’ collided in possibly the biggest contest in MMA history.
Despite Joe Rogan insisting a prime McGregor vs Nurmagomedov would’ve gone differently, on the night, the Dagestani was far too good for his nemesis.
Nurmagomedov dominated the bout, en route to securing a fourth-round submission, before he then leaped into the crowd to battle it out with his rival’s team.
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Daniel Cormier says Khabib Nurmagomedov told him he lost his mind after Conor McGregor fight
After the drama unfolded, Daniel Cormier headed to the octagon in a bid to calm Khabib Nurmagomedov down.
However, while Conor McGregor had already been defeated, the lightweight champion was still furious, particularly because he didn’t have his belt.
At the post-UFC 229 press conference, ‘DC’ explained: “So, when I finally get to Khabib, he’s going crazy, it’s the funniest s— I’ve ever seen. He’s yelling. He sees me, I said, ‘Yo, what the f— is going on’? He goes, ‘I want my belt’. I go, ‘Ok, just relax’. And Dana White comes over and I say, ‘Just give him his belt’.
“He goes, ‘I’m not giving him his belt here. If I put this belt around him right now, people are going to start throwing s—‘. Khabib’s like, ‘Where is my belt’? I go, ‘They’ll give it to you in the locker room’. He was solely focused on the belt at this point.”
After they’d safely made it backstage, Nurmagomedov revealed that he jumped the cage because he simply lost control.
Cormier reminisced: “Then, when we get to the locker room, I asked him, ‘What was the desired outcome there’? I go, ‘Did you want to step on his head, what in your mind were you wanting to accomplish’? He goes, ‘Brother, I don’t know, I just lose my mind’. I said, ‘I know you did’.”
Chael Sonnen reveals the mistake Dana White made that prevented Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor 2
While the MMA fight was one-sided, the brawl that occurred afterwards whetted the appetite among fans for a rematch.
Of course, White was extremely keen on getting the pair of legends back inside the cage with one another.
However, in the end, the president of the promotion was unable to get it over the line.
Now, Chael Sonnen has revealed the error White made that cost him Nurmagomedov vs McGregor 2.