Conor McGregor received a message for Khabib Nurmagomedov after Nurmagomedov’s criticism on Saturday night.
Step back into the octagon.
Nurmagomedov, the 32-year-old undefeated who retired after his last fight in October, took a shot at McGregor after losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. It was McGregor’s first UFC fight in a year and his second since losing to Nurmagomedov in October 2018.
“That’s what happened, when you change your team, leave your fighting partners who made you champions and fight with small children, far from reality,” Nurmagomedov wrote on Twitter.
To everyone’s surprise, McGregor, 32, skipped all the comments to lobby for a rematch.
“Does he want to come back or not?” Because he doesn’t kick, “McGregor said of Nurmagomedov after being eliminated by Poirer’s kicks. “If he wants to have his disrespectful comments, come back and let’s go my man again. I’m here for this. This is about fighting.
UFC President Dana White tried to persuade Nurmagomedov to step down.