Khabib hits back at Conor McGregor and says bitter rival’s tweet mocking his late father’s death was ‘terrible’
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV insists Conor McGregor has taken their feud too far by mocking the death of his father.
The former two-division champion stunned the mixed martial arts world last by mocking the death of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, tweeting: “Covid is good and father is evil?”
McGregor’s hastily-deleted tweet was a reference to the congratulatory tweet Nurmagomedov sent Dustin Poirier after UFC 264, in which the Russian said: “Good always defeats evil.”
When asked if he thinks the Irishman has crossed the line, Nurmagomedov told TMZ: “I think so.”
Russia’s first UFC champion was then asked what he thought of his bitter rival’s comments.
As he walked away from the camera, the former UFC lightweight champion shouted: “Terrible!”
McGregor’s tasteless tweet also drew the ire of Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz, who ripped the Irishman after being asked about a potential rematch between the pair.
The Dominance MMA chief told ESNews: “Brother, Conor is not even a high-level fighter anymore.
“He needs to work on his life. He doesn’t need to fight anymore.”
Nurmagomedov, 32, locked horns with McGregor nearly three years ago in the main event of UFC 229 in Las Vegas.
The Dagestani destroyer won the blockbuster fight – the biggest in UFC history – via fourth-round submission before sparking a mass brawl a few moments later.
Terrible
Khabib Nurmagomedov's thoughts on Conor McGregor's recent tweet about his late father
Nurmagomedov would go on to defend the lightweight title two more times before announcing his retirement from MMA last October.
His exit from the sport enraged McGregor, who recently told ESPN: “Where’s he gone though?
“Where’s he now? Yeah, why? He went sprinting.
“He’s gone, s**t his jocks, became fat and is riding off… He’s done nothing in the sport.
“F**k all he’s done in the sport.”
McGregor is currently on the sidelines recovering from the broken leg he suffered in his UFC 264 trilogy fight with Poirier last month.
The Irishman recently claimed to have gone into the series decider with multiple fractures in his left leg, saying: “The leg is better than ever.
“I was injured going into the fight. People are asking me, ‘When was the leg broke?
“At what point did the leg break?’ Ask Dana White, ask the UFC, ask Dr. Davidson, the head doctor of the UFC.
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“They knew, I had stress fractures in my leg going into that cage.
“There was debate about pulling the thing out because I was sparring without shin pads and I would kick the knee a few times.
“So I had multiple stress fractures in the shin bone above the ankle and then I have trouble with the ankle anyway throughout the years of f***ing fighting all the time.”