Khabib Nurmagomedovs manager, Ali Abdelaziz bekräftar för MMAFighting att den forne interimmästaren i lättvikt inte är Khabibs nästa motståndare.
Der handlar om Tony Ferguson och Aziz säger följande om UFCs lättviktsmästare.
Listen, Khabib right now is in paradise, in Dagestan paradise chilling, having a good time. He’s not even worried about this. The Nevada Athletic Commission, they need to do what they need to do, everybody needs to do what they need to do. There’s no stress. At the end of the day, they’re going to fine us, they’re going to suspend us, they’re going to do what we need to do and we’re going to do whatever we need to do, that’s it.
The biggest money fight he can make. At the end of the day, Khabib doesn’t need to fight anybody else for his legacy. He’s done what he’s done. He’s 27-0, he’s 12-0 in the UFC, he’s never been dropped, he’s never been caught, he’s never been knocked down. Let’s talk about a GOAT. No PEDs. We talk about the greatest of all-time, I think that he should be on top of the list, because he never lost to anybody. He’s never lost, he’s never been dropped, he’s never been stitched, nothing.
So [we want] the biggest money fight he can make. Boxing, MMA, whatever. I love Tony Ferguson — he’s not that, I can tell you that. One-hundred percent, Tony Ferguson is not the next fight, because Tony Ferguson — I need somebody who can sell pay-per-views. At the end of the day, it will be the exact same situation. Khabib was supposed to fight Eddie Alvarez, remember that? When he got taken out [in place of Conor McGregor], we understood it because Conor’s going to bring pay-per-views. We need people who can help us sell pay-per-views, and that’s it.
Tony Ferguson och Khabib har varit planerade att möta varandra hela fyra gånger tidigare men vikt missar och skador har satt käppar i hjulen.
