Den obesegrade lättviktaren Khabib Nutmagomedov kommer under UFC 209 att möta Tony Ferguson för att göra upp om interimbältet i viktklassen.
Khabib berättar nu att han vill bryta Fergusons arm på samma vis som Frank Mir mot Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, eftersom Ferguson varit respektlös mot honom det gångna året.
Det här berättade Khabib via FOX Sports:
If you watch when I fight dos Anjos, Michael Johnson, Darrell Horcher, these guys are my opponents but he’s a little bit different than other guys. I want to break his face because I want to teach him respect. When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it but I go very slowly, be careful because I don’t want to give him injury. Because I understand [the] fight was finished. I need only to go a little bit slowly and he tapped.
If Tony Ferguson gives me this arm, I’m going to break his arm like Frank Mir- [Antonio Rodrigo] Nogueira.
Khabib blev tidigare erbjuden titelmatch mot fjäderviktsmästaren Jose Aldo, men insisterade om att möta Ferguson eftersom han är den största utmaningen och något som fansen vill se. Han erkänner också att Ferguson är en begåvad fighter.
Yes he’s an impressive fighter. He all the time fights, UFC gives him ‘Performance of the Night’ but he never fights with fighters like me. He all the time fights with striking guys like dos Anjos, Josh Thomson, [Edson] Barboza, these guys are all striking guys. I am completely different fighter. He has to stay ready because I’m going to do what I do all my life, all my career. I’m going to do.
He has to change something. Because he has to work takedown defense, he has to work to get up, he has to work to defend my ground and pound. He never had to do this — now he has to do this. Because if you don’t do this, I’m going to break his face, finish him maybe a kimura, break his arm so he has to stay ready.
Ryssen är säker på att han kommer att segra och sedan möta lättviktsmätaren Conor McGregor.
I have fight March 4, I’m going to take this belt. After March 4, fight with Conor, finish both of them and you can’t become like this. I have. 26-0, 10-0 in the UFC, UFC lightweight undisputed, undefeated champion. This is crazy but I can do this.
